''Resistance'' is a 2003 Dutch/American World War II film, directed by Todd Komarnicki and starring Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond,

Philippe Volter Philippe Volter (23 March 1959 – 13 April 2005) was a Belgian actor and director. Born Philippe Wolter to theatre director Claude Volter and his wife, actress Jacqueline Bir, Volter began his career in Brussels in 1985. He made many stag ...

, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Victor Reinier. It was written by Komarnicki and Anita Shreve, based on Shreve's 1995 novel of the same name. ''Resistance'', with a 16 million euro budget, was the most expensive Dutch production ever. Its theatrical run lasted for just one week.

Plot

On 16 January 1944, a reconnaissance pilot survives a plane crash in Delahaut in German-occupied Belgium. The boy Jean Benoit finds the wounded pilot and takes him to the house of Claire and Henri Daussois who belong to the Belgian Resistance. As soon as Major Theodore 'Ted' Brice has recovered, he tells them that he needs to retrieve a book of codes, but the airplane is guarded by the Nazis. Meanwhile, Ted and Claire fall in love with each other. When three German guards that are protecting the debris of the airplane are executed, the Nazis select a group of villagers and hang them in a barn. When Henri finds that Ted and Claire are having a love affair, he betrays the pilot with tragic consequences.

Cast

* Bill Paxton as Ted Brice * Julia Ormond as Claire Daussois *

as Henri Daussois * Sandrine Bonnaire as Lucette Oomlop * Jean-Michel Vovk as Anthoine * Antoine Van Lierde as Jean Benoit * Ariane Schluter as Beatrice Benoit * Angelo Bison as Artaud Benoit * Filip Peeters as Captain Haas * Victor Reinier as The Interrogator * Dennis Hayden as Eddie

References

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* * 2003 films 2003 drama films Films about shot-down aviators Films about the Belgian Resistance American war drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{war-drama-film-stub