Directed by:
Jacques RenardCinematography:
Gérard de BattistaComposer:
François BréantCast:
Miou-Miou, Sandrine Bonnaire, Patrick Chesnais, María Casares, Jacques Bonnaffé, Didier Flamand, Josiane Stoléru, Jean-Michel Dupuis, Isabelle Mergault (more)Plots(1)
The story of two strong women is set in the second world war, in the time of the Occupation. Blanche lives in a little town in the north of France with her husband Victor and with their three children. One day she discovers that her husband and his mother are part of a movement of Resistance. She worries about him and about her mother. Soon, she also decides to participate in it. In the network of Resistance, there is Germinal, the hairdresser and his young daughter Mary, who wants to be the part of it. The film is the historical drama about the occupation and the Resistance time depicted through the eyes of the women. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Miou-Miou
France
Best movies:
May Fools (1990)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
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Sandrine Bonnaire
France
Best movies:
East/West (1999)
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La Cérémonie (1995)
Patrick Chesnais
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Lectrice (1988)
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María Casares
Spain
Best movies:
Children of Paradise (1945)
Orpheus (1950)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Jacques Bonnaffé
France
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The Devils (2002)
Cockles and Muscles (2005)
Didier Flamand
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Chorus (2004)
Josiane Stoléru
Best movies:
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Les Misérables (2000) (series)
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Jean-Michel Dupuis
France
Best movies:
Bandits (1986)
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Isabelle Mergault
France
Best movies:
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Diva (1981)
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Marie-Hélène Dasté
Denmark
Best movies:
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Angels of Sin (1943)
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Cécile Vassort
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
Pierre Forget
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Véronique Silver
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
My American Uncle (1980)
Philippe Clévenot
France
Best movies:
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Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
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Clémentine Célarié
Senegal
Best movies:
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Les Misérables (1995)
East Wind (1993)
Anny Romand
Best movies:
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Diva (1981)
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Vincent Martin
Best movies:
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Christian Blanc
Best movies:
La Lectrice (1988)
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Blanche and Marie (1985)
Gérard Klein
France
Best movies:
Who Knows (2001)
The Passerby (1982)
Frantic (1988)
Axel Ganz
West Germany
Best movies:
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Le Mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977)