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Martial arts SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 UFC 249: Khabib vs. Fergu- son - Prelims Uriah Hall vs. Jacare Souza, mid- dleweight bout. From Bar- clays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (N) OutdOOrs SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. ESPN2 Fish- ing Bassmaster Classic, Championship. Page 2 April 13 - 19, 2020 crossword solution sudoku solution Martial arts SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 UFC 249: Khabib vs. Fergu- son - Prelims Uriah Hall vs. Jacare Souza, mid- dleweight bout. From Bar- clays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (N) OutdOOrs SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. ESPN2 Fish- ing Bassmaster Classic, Championship. Page 2 April 13 - 19, 2020 crossword solution sudoku solution Legendary Marcel Marceau is at the heart of the thriller 'Resistance' Plus: Movie theaters offer new films through Virtual Cinema program I t's not only a pleasure to see and write about a new movie that was scheduled for theatrical release, but the pleasure is doubled because "Resistance" is a grip- ping thriller with a unique main character at its core. The film is immediately available on your com- puter and through cable television. The celebrated French mime Marcel Marceau was born and raised in Strasbourg, France, as Marcel Mangels. His goal as a teenager was to be an entertainer, much to the dismay of his father, a kosher butcher in the city, who is appalled that his son seems to be channeling Adolf Hitler, when in fact, he's paying tribute to comic actor Charlie Chaplin as he performs in cabarets building upon his dream. The movie's opening scenes reveal the utter horror of a young girl's sweet joy being shat- tered after she's been read a story, but within minutes sees her parents murdered by Nazis dur- ing the pogrom in Ger- many known as Kristall- nacht. Her childhood innocence is swept away by the onslaught of per- secution and murder. The film, written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, slowly shifts its focus to the French Resistance and an unusual collaboration between Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in an effort to rescue orphaned Jewish children and spirit them from France to Switzer- land. The core action of "Resistance" revolves around Marcel and his role in helping save chil- dren from the darkness of the Holocaust that has pervaded Europe. Young boys and girls are terri- fied, but Marcel's gentle pantomime gives the children moments of relief and allows them a shimmering promise of hope. How Jakubowicz adroitly brings his mime to the center of the action is for you to dis- cover. There is tension and heartbreak. The Nazi pursuers of every Jewish child have a determined bloodlust in their eyes. Jesse Eisenberg, a watchable actor who shines at performing a quiet nervousness, is excellent as Marcel. A mime's face is his mov- able mask, and Eisenberg never once overstates his character's By MICHAEL CALLERI CNHI NEWS SERVICE In "Resistance," Jesse Eisenberg, center, stars as a young Marcel Marceau, who joins the French Resistance at the start of World War II. IFC FILMS | IMAgE CoNtRIButEd CoNtINuEd oN PAgE 16

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