Jai Courtney & Lily James in Trailer for WWII Romance 'The Exception'

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“Can an officer have a loyalty to anything greater than his country?” A24 has unveiled a trailer for a WWII romantic thriller titled The Exception, based on a novel by Alan Judd titled “The Kaiser’s Last Kiss“. The film stars Jai Courtney as a German soldier investigating the Dutch resistance in Holland, looking for a spy in the home of Kaiser Wilhelm. He meets a young Jewish Dutch woman played by Lily James and falls in love with her, hence the title (she’s “the exception”). The full cast includes Christopher Plummer, Ben Daniels, Janet McTeer, Eddie Marsan, Mark Dexter, and Martin Swabey. This honestly doesn’t look half bad, but I’m not sure it seems that good either. Lily James is great, but Jai Courtney not so much. ›››