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Monsieur Batignole
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Monsieur Batignole

Mar. 06, 2002

Monsieur Batignole

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of ...
A Child in the Crowd
7.1

A Child in the Crowd

Jun. 04, 1976

A Child in the Crowd

Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a ...
The Silence of the Sea
7.6

The Silence of the Sea

Apr. 22, 1949

The Silence of the Sea

In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The ...
Story of Women
7.5

Story of Women

Sep. 14, 1988

Story of Women

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room ...
War of the Buttons
6.2

War of the Buttons

Sep. 21, 2011

War of the Buttons

Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who’s Jewish, is in danger of being discovered ...
Tonight We Raid Calais
6.4

Tonight We Raid Calais

Apr. 30, 1943

Tonight We Raid Calais

A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete ...
Bon Voyage
6.2

Bon Voyage

Jan. 01, 1944

Bon Voyage

A young Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from NAZI occupied territory and they are particularly interested ...
The Sorrow and the Pity
8.2

The Sorrow and the Pity

Sep. 18, 1969

The Sorrow and the Pity

From 1940 to 1944, France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a ...
Jacquot
7.7

Jacquot

May. 15, 1991

Jacquot

Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily ...
Our Miss Fred
5.9

Our Miss Fred

Dec. 14, 1972

Our Miss Fred

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in ...
Lucie Aubrac
6.6

Lucie Aubrac

Feb. 26, 1997

Lucie Aubrac

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love ...
Léon Morin, Priest
7.6

Léon Morin, Priest

Sep. 21, 1961

Léon Morin, Priest

In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her ...
A Bag of Marbles
7.3

A Bag of Marbles

Jan. 18, 2017

A Bag of Marbles

In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, ...
Don’t Look Now: We’re Being Shot At
8.0

Don’t Look Now: We’re Being Shot At

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied ...
Paris Calling
6.1

Paris Calling

Dec. 04, 1941

Paris Calling

Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping ...
Strayed
6.5

Strayed

Aug. 20, 2003

Strayed

Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler’s army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German ...
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
5.4

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Jan. 24, 1974

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always ...
The Savior
6.6

The Savior

Sep. 01, 1971

The Savior

This is rural France. It’s the summer of 1943, the weather is fine and sunny and life is sweet. On one of these beautiful days, Nanette, a ...