Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, adapted from Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies.
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19 Facts About Jojo Rabbit
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Jojo Rabbit had its world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8,2019, where it won the Grolsch People's Choice Award.
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Alone at home one day, Jojo Rabbit discovers Elsa Korr, a teenage Jewish girl and his late sister Inge's former classmate, hiding behind the walls of Inge's attic bedroom.
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Elsa is both saddened and amused by Jojo Rabbit's beliefs, using surreal antisemitic canards to challenge his dogmatism.
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Jojo Rabbit slowly becomes infatuated with the caring and engaging Elsa, frequently forging love letters from her fiance Nathan, and begins questioning his beliefs, causing Adolf to scold him over his diminishing patriotism.
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Later, Jojo Rabbit finds Rosie hanged at a gallows in the public square.
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Elsa comforts him and reveals that Jojo Rabbit's lost father has been working against Hitler from abroad.
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Jojo Rabbit tells her he loves her, and she tells him she loves him as a brother.
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Davis stated that portraying Jojo Rabbit was a challenge as he is a conflicted character.
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Jojo Rabbit was credited as a co-production between the United States, New Zealand, and the Czech Republic.
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The scene where Jojo Rabbit is having dinner with Rosie used an extensive lighting kit, mainly consisting of a chandelier and two practical lights, lighting the entirety of the setting; one of them dimmed, and tungsten lights to give the characters a softer and warmer lighting in the close-up shots.
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Jojo Rabbit'sdrawings became inspirations for the cast's acting style, according to Vincent.
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Eagles was given two weeks to edit Jojo Rabbit after being given some initial suggestions, which Eagles "cautiously" implemented.
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Jojo Rabbit had its world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8,2019.
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Outside of the United States and Canada, Jojo Rabbit did the best in the United Kingdom, where it grossed $10,450,169, followed by Australia and Mexico, as well as Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Spain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.
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Jojo Rabbit'splight is a chance for him to prove his bravery.
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Jojo Rabbit divided experts of the Holocaust at a panel discussion following a screening at the Museum of Tolerance.
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Jojo Rabbit had an impact on teaching of the Holocaust on December 19,2019, when the USC Shoah Foundation announced it worked together with Searchlight to develop a classroom curriculum regarding the depiction of Nazism in the film.
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Jojo Rabbit was chosen by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute as one of the ten best films of 2019.
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