Sheet Film Club are around to present “One Life” on 19 March at 19:00  It is a 2023 biographical drama film directed by James Hawes based on the emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders
Fifty years later, Nicky (Anthony Hopkins) is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show “That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried.
Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp and Jonathan Pryce co-star in supporting roles.
“One Life” had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 and received mostly positive reviews, with praise for the performances of the cast, particularly Hopkins and Bonham Carter.
