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Defiance

Freedom begins with an act of defiance!

M is never going to believe me this time...

Based on a true story set during World War II, this is the tale of how four brothers in Belarus stood up against the might of the Nazi army. After losing most of their family in a German massacre, four Jewish brothers set up home in the woods. Soon they are joined by other Jews, and decide not to turn any applicants away. Their band soon grows to over 1000, which provides both opportunities and challenges: opportunity to strike back, and challenges to remain free and well fed. Disputes amongst the brothers lead to one leaving to join the Russian army, while the rest try to stay alive until the end of the war.

135 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Prejudice)
Action, Drama, Thriller, War, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, George MacKay, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein
Director	Edward Zwick
Screenplay	Clayton Frohman, Edward Zick, from the book by Nechama Tec
Music	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Editing	Steven Roseblum
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	The Bedford Falls Company, Grosvenor Park Productions, Pistachio Pictures
SA Distributor	UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Very brief, but mildly implied, no impact
Violence	Strong, fairly intense psychological and physical violence
Prejudice	Racial prejudice and hatred, anti-semitism, persecutions in historical context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Some heavy alcohol use and inebriation in context
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerMariana Malan	10
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	10
The CitizenPeter Feldman	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
24.comIvan Sadler	5
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	13
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	13
Metacritic.com34 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com149 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	11
Internet (IMDB)11948 Netizens	15

Average .. 57%	11

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