What age is Resistance appropriate for?

Rated R in the US. 17, alone or with a parent; 12 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Resistance not recommended under 17?

What's in it: the official rating, first; a Nazi officer who tortures; children on the run; no swearing, a tender scene. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Resistance: what age is it for? 17, alone or with a parent

From 17, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2020 · 2 h 00 · war, history, drama

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralonethe sweet spot

The official US rating is R, and we never go below it. Alone from 17, and not before, even with an adult.

The sweet spot: around 17, when you are studying the Second World War, and can watch a torturer at work without making him a hero. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: R. In France, zinema would say 12.

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What it's about

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

Why 17

The official rating, firstRated R in the US (restricted, under 17 requires an accompanying parent). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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A Nazi officer who torturesA Gestapo chief interrogates by drowning a woman in a bathtub, shoots resistance fighters with a bullet, bodies in the snow; the Jewish orphans are hunted. Death is spoken of nineteen times.
Children on the runOrphans whose parents were murdered, a crossing of the Alps at night, many jump scares, a child crying.
No swearing, a tender sceneA suggested couple, kisses; no swear words in the French dub.

What the movie brings

The true story of the mime Marceau, who saved children before becoming famous.
An artist who discovers that making terrified children laugh is already resisting.
The figure of Klaus Barbie, shown without making him fascinating.

Watching it together

Before

Say beforehand that the officer tortures a woman and kills resistance fighters; the film alternates with luminous mime scenes.

After

at 17 and up

Marcel makes children laugh who have just lost their parents: is one allowed to laugh at such moments?

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The latest guides

A zinema reading from September 20, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made