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Original ‘Shōgun’ Director Jerry London to Helm Feature ‘The Art of Silence,’ About French Mime Marcel Marceau and How WWII Shaped Him (EXCLUSIVE)
Original 'Shōgun' director Jerry London will depict how World War II shaped French mime Marcel Marceau in "The Art of Silence."
Emmy-nominated director Jerry London(“Shōgun,” “The Scarlet and the Black”) is set to shoot the France-set feature film “The Art of Silence,” about world-famous mime Marcel Marceau and how World War II shaped him as an artist. “Art of Silence” will look to reframe the traditional Marceau wartime narrative by “focusing not on the battlefield,” but on how the horrors of World War II “informed the identity and artistry of a young Jewish man who would become the most powerful silent actor in modern history,” the statement added. At the heart of the story is a painful betrayal: Marcel’s best friend is the son of a prominent Vichy general, whose love for him is real yet ultimately is eclipsed “by inherited ideology and allegiance to a regime that dehumanized him for being Jewish,” according to promotional materials.
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