''Chosen'' is a 2016 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jasmin Dizdar Jasmin Dizdar (born 8 June 1961) is a British-Bosnian film director, screenwriter and author best known for his feature film '' Beautiful People'' and his World War Two thriller '' Chosen''. Jasmin Dizdar also published a book on cinema, which achi ...

. Filming for the movie took place in Romania and New York State.

Synopsis

An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

s near the end of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Cast

Main

Luke Mably Thomas Luke Mably is an English actor. Early life Mably was born in London, England. He attended the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama. Career Mably portrayed White in the thriller ''Exam'' under the direction of Stuart Hazeldine. He had ...

as Sonson *

Ana Ularu Ana Ularu (born 26 June 1985) is a Romanian actress. Biography She is known for playing the role of Matilda in '' Outbound'' and West in ''Emerald City The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the ficti ...

as Judith * Tomasz Aleksander as Jeno *

Jordan Renzo Jordan Renzo (born February 11, 1993) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Matteusz Andrzejewski in the BBC Three '' Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Class'' (2016) and Charlie Brandon in the Starz historical drama ''The Spanish Princess'' ...

as Robi * Freddie Fuller as Zoltan * Sam Churchill as Ezra * Luke Jerdy as Efrahim

Supporting

* Julian Shatkin as Max *

Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel ( ; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He first rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with ...

as Papi * Diana Cavallioti as Florence * Paul Ipate as Aronson

Overview

The film is inspired by real events. It takes place in 1944 and is about a lawyer who fights Nazis during the Second World War. The Actor

plays the lawyer in the present. The movie was shot in Bucharest, Romania, and Long Island, New York. The screenplay is written by Gabriel de Mercur.

directed it. It was produced by Michael Riley and co-produced by Tim Dennison. The film was published on DVD and shown on Video On Demand.

Reviews

Phil Hoad from ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' believes that the film is unfocused and only scratches the surface. Isabelle Milton thinks that the movie shows the brutality the Hungarian Jews had to face towards the end of the Second World War, but has nothing new to offer. She also mentions that during the movie the soundtrack is played distractingly at inappropriate moments. Furthermore she thinks that the character development is thin. Ryan Izay Reviews thinks that there are several screenplay problems in the movie like plot-holes, cliché bookend sequences and familiarity to the narrative. However she also thinks that it features enough competent filmmaking to forgive these kinds of mistakes.

References

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* * 2010s war films British war films 2016 films Sterling Pictures films World War II films based on actual events 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{WWII-drama-film-stub