Themes: Life Under Occupation, Women During Wartime
Main Cast: Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chéreau, Jean-Roger Milo
Release Year: 1997
Country: FR
Run Time: 116 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
During the French Resistance, Lucie, a courageous wife, struggles to save her husband, Raymond Samuel, from a firing squad. He was arrested after blowing up a train during the war. Lucie is also a freedom fighter who goes by the moniker of Aubrac. She helps free Raymond by directly threatening a prosecutor. After his release, Raymond is given a new identity and sent to continue the fight in the North. Unfortunately, he is again arrested. This time he is given the death penalty. While he awaits his sentence in jail, Lucie tries to trick the Gestapo into giving other Resistance members the chance to save Raymond. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Jean Martin - Paul Lardanchet; Hubert Saint-Macary - Dr. Dugoujin; Andrzej Seweryn - Lt. Schlondorff; Bernard Verley - Charles-Henri; Gregoire Oestermann - Pierrot The Forger; Heino Ferch - Barbie; Eric Boucher - Serge
Credit
Olivier Radot - Art Director, Gerard Moulevrier - Casting, Sylvie Guatrelet - Costume Designer, Frédéric Auburtin - First Assistant Director, Claude Berri - Director, Hervé de Luze - Editor, Pierre Grunstein - Executive Producer, Philippe Sarde - Songwriter, Vincenzo Marano - Cinematographer, Claude Berri - Producer, Pierre Gamet - Sound/Sound Designer, Gerard Lamps - Sound/Sound Designer, Claude Berri - Screenwriter, Lucie Aubrac - Book Author
