The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and the horrors of Auschwitz are seen through the eyes of one girl, forced to grow up quickly as she moves from the school yard to the concentration camp, working for the Resistance along the way.
“This is an exceptional piece of material that handles difficult subject matter with aplomb, making room for both adventure and horror in its depiction of Vera’s experience of the Second World War.”
— Reviewer for The Black List
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Promoted as a highly rated script by The Black List site.
“The narrative truly earns the designation of an epic, and by the end the audience is likely to feel as though they've been on a journey as well… . this script reads like a thoroughly viable production prospect with the potential to become a moving and compelling film.”
— Reviewer for The Black List
Honors
Named “Black List Recommended” Screenplay.
Winner, Atlanta Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition.
Selected by Women in Film and Television New England for a Table Read at the Lonely Seal Film Festival.
Resistance screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy participated in the Midterm Pitch for the CANNESFILMS UNLIMITED’s Writers Residency in Cannes, France. Partners include Canal+, Vivendi, The Black List, Festival de Cannes, Université Côte d'Azur, and the City of Cannes.
Semifinalist for The Black List x WIF Feature Writers Residency.
Semifinalist for Stage32's 1st Annual Period Piece Screenwriting Contest.
Short list for the 2021 Black List and Hornitos "Take Your Shot" short film program.
“This story is not only one of survival, but it folds in elements from the ‘coming of age’ paradigm and road movie structure — which is why this story stands apart from its peers.”
— Reviewer for The Black List
Screenplay Sources
Women in the Resistance and in the Holocaust: The Voices of Eyewitnesses by Vera Laska.
Women Reshaping Human Rights: How Extraordinary Activists Are Changing the World by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard.
Vera L., 1996, “Interview from the archive of the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California,” Weston, MA, USA, December 12, Interview Code 24212, TCR 05:22:53 - 05:26:00 and 06:00:14 - 06:01:36.
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