First trailer and poster for ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ starring Jessica Chastain
After a quick teaser yesterday, Focus Features has released the first full trailer for The Zookeeper’s Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl. Set against the backdrop of the rise of Nazi’s invading Poland in 1939, The Zookeeper’s Wife is a real-life story about one woman, Antonina Żabińska, (Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh from The Broken Circle Breakdown). who saved hundreds during World War II. The film is based on the international best-seller of the same name by Diane Ackerman and is directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country).
Focus Features will release The Zookeeper’s Wife next Spring – March 31st, 2017.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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