The flight over the Pyrenees

BASED ON THE BESTSELLER BY MICHAEL MORPURGO WHO WROTE SPIELBERG'S WAR HORSE

The year is 1942 in Lescun, a small village on the slopes of the Pyrenees. During his daily work of herding sheep, the young boy Jo makes a dangerous discovery. On a farm, several Jewish children are being hidden with the aim of being smuggled out of Nazi-occupied France, over the mountains to Spain. Jo and his grandfather join the risky plan, which becomes even more dangerous when German troops arrive in the village. All the children must now be quickly smuggled out in one last big operation. But if they are discovered, it will not only mean the end for the children, but also for Jo and his entire family...

Based on the best-selling novel by Michael Morpurgo, whose War Horse was adapted into a film by Spielberg, ESCAPE OVER THE PYRENEES is set in the village where the real-life events took place. It stars Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things), Jean Reno (Leon), Thomas Kretschmann (Escape from the GDR) and Anjelica Huston (Oscar for Prizzi's Honor).

" SO EMOTIONALLY TOLD THAT IT HIT LIKE A GUST. AN EXCELLENT FILM " Film Inquiry

NOAH SCHNAPP MAKES JUST AS STRONG A PERFORMANCE AS IN STRANGER THINGS ” The Hollywood Reporter