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04/02/09
Safe Conduct (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 27
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus: A highly detailed, exciting historical epic.
Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Acclaimed French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier directs this World War II epic about collaboration and resistance in the French film industry during the German occupation. Set in 1940s Paris, SAFE... [More]
Starring: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
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Reviews for Safe Conduct
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06/24/06
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07/18/05
Controversial film about art under occupation
01/19/05
[Director] Tavernier takes his time in capturing this time period – at the expense of a concise narrative and often the viewer’s interest.
05/17/04
Tavernier's fatal flaw is letting the film bog down in studio politics and the filmmaking process, something which hasn't carried a "serious" film since The Player.
05/08/04
Longer than 2 1/2 hours, there's too much to sort out and the confusion becomes annoying.
01/23/04
Obsessively detailed and impeccably observed, the film is bursting with the stuff of everyday life and curious wartime anecdotes.
10/15/03
Alain Choquart's camera barely stops moving, portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency.
06/25/03
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05/10/03
[While The Last Metro] was more melodramatic, confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions, while Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history.
05/09/03
Top CriticNo one who loves French film (or movies in general) should miss it.
05/08/03
Top CriticThere's an epic here, but you have to put it together yourself.
03/28/03
Top CriticThough it runs 163 minutes, Safe Conduct is anything but languorous. It's packed to bursting with incident, and with scores of characters, some fictional, some from history.
03/21/03
Top Critic["Safe Conduct"] is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama, romance, tragedy, bravery, political intrigue, partisans and sabotage. Viva le Resistance!
03/04/03
With a large cast representing a broad cross-section, Tavernier's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of "His Girl Friday," maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes.
03/02/03
There's an excellent 90-minute film here; unfortunately, it runs for 170.
02/07/03
It might be 'easier' to watch on video at home, but that shouldn't stop die-hard French film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience.
02/07/03
You could love Safe Conduct (Laissez Passer) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long. You could hate it for the same reason.
02/06/03
Top CriticIntense but sprawling...
02/02/03
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