Army of Crime (L'Armée du Crime) (2009)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
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ARMY OF CRIME is a revealing thriller about the very first days of the French Resistance to Nazi occupation, a time when many of the movement's leaders and foot soldiers were often foreigners - Poles, Jews, Armenians, Spaniards, Italians - who feared French collaborators as much as the Germans. Armenian poet Missak Manouchian, portrayed in a stand-out performance by Simon Abkarian, and his French wife Mélinée, played by the luminous Virginie Ledoyen, lead a resolute assortment of volunteers
Aug 20, 2010 Limited
Jan 18, 2011
$35.4k
Lorber Films
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Cast
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Simon Abkarian
Missak Manouchian -
Virginie Ledoyen
Mélinée Manouchian, M... -
Robinson Stévenin
Marcel Rayman -
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Thomas Elek -
Lola Naymark
Monique Stern -
Boris Bergman
Monsieur Rayman -
Jean-Claude Bourbault
Joseph Darnand -
Horatiu Malaele
Monsieur Dupont -
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Inspector Pujol -
Ariane Ascaride
Madame Elek -
Yann Trégouët
Commissioner David, Rep... -
Ivan Franek
Feri Boczov -
Adrien Jolivet
Henri Krasucki -
George Babluani
Patriciu -
Olga Legrand
Olga Bancic -
Esteban Carjaval Alegria
Narek Tavkorian -
Mirza Halilovic
Petra -
Léopold Szabatura
Simon Rayman -
Paula Klein
Madame Rayman -
Miguel Ferreira
Celestino Alfonso -
Pierre Niney
Henri Keltekian -
Jürgen Genuit
Raffenbach -
Rainer Sievert
German Officer Cormeill...
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All Critics (30) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (3)
A solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France.
Top CriticA passionate act of remembrance.
This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people.
There's no sense of the oppression France felt under Nazi rule. It's all just play-acting in period-specific attire. You can almost hear the AD calling lunch.
Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be.
His film is always fascinating and is a crucial, stirring addition to the cinema about wartime France.
... Guédiguian punctures a lot of myths about the face-and the motives-of the French resistance.
... Guediguian, working with a screenplay by Serge Le Peron and Gilles Taurand, gives the good old-fashioned epic treatment to an important chapter of history.
A young and talented cast put energy into this timeless story of the citizen warriors of occupied France.
Robert Guediguian makes a fascinating Altmanesque character study of a mixed group of foreign resistance fighters (called the "FTP-MOI") working in Paris to undermine the Nazi-led removal of Jews during World War II.
Impressive recreation of World War II French Resistance movement, marked by a deep humanity and piercing intelligence.
By presenting his heroes warts and all and by consistently adopting a matter-of-fact tone, the film feels appropriately tense because the stakes are believable.
Better and far more complex films about the French Resistance have been made
Unlike Inglourious Basterds, objectively superior from a cinematic standpoint, this French resistance drama evinces some interest in assessing the ethical compromises required of those opposing Nazi rule.
A revealing look at the French Resistance but one that is more intellectual than action-packed.
Compelling performances and beautifully told heroics but the pacing is flawed in terms of a thrilling cinematic experience.
Complex and striking, Guédiguian's film is an impressive new spin on a topic that has been oft explored.
Guédiguian manages to make this a worthy companion piece to Melville's resistance classic Army in the Shadows; the same remorseless dread stalks both.
A credible, detailed picture of day-to-day life in occupied France: an attraction in itself.
A consistently exciting, morally engaging movie.
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Foreign Titles
- Army of Crime (L'armee du crime) (DE)
- Army of Crime (L'armee du crime) (UK)
