One Life: Bleecker Street Nabs US Rights to Anthony Hopkins Drama

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One Life: Bleecker Street Nabs US Rights to Anthony Hopkins Drama

According to Deadline, Bleecker Street has landed the North American distribution rights to See-Saw Film’s biographical drama One Life. It tells the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of Jewish children during World War II.

Bleecker Street is reportedly targeting a 2024 theatrical release for the film, based on Barbara Winton’s If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton book.

The inspiring film had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it earned positive reviews from critics. It currently holds a 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews.

What is One Life about?

“The film tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker played by Hopkins, who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realized it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed?” reads the synopsis.

One Life is directed by James Hawkes from a screenplay written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake. Joining Hopkins and Flynn are Helena Bonham Carter as Babi Winton, Lena Olin as Grete Winton, Jonathan Pryce as Martin Blake, Samantha Spiro as Esther Rantzen, Alex Sharp as Trevor Chadwick, Romola Garai as Doreen Warriner, and more.