Based on the book If It's Not Impossib le&hellip\;The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton\, On e Life tells the incredible\, emotional true story of Nicholas 'Nicky ' Winton (Johnny Flynn)\, a young London broker who visits Prague in Decem ber 1938. In a race against time\, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Ref ugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish childre n before Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later\, Nicky (An thony Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to br ing to safety in England. It's not until the BBC show "That's Life!" re-in troduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to c ome to terms with the guilt and grief he carried -- all the while skyrocke ting from anonymity to a national hero.
\nLoyola film professor and journalist Zbigniew Banas will lead a discussion following the screening.< /p>\nhttps://northbrook.libnet.info/event/10381160 URL;VALUE=URI:https://northbrook.libnet.info/event/10381160 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR