Memoir of War

2017, War, 2h 7m

43 Reviews 50+ Ratings

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Memoir of War benefits from a magnetic performance by Mélanie Thierry, whose work is often enough to counter some of the film's fundamental flaws. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Desperate for news of her husband, who has been arrested by the Germans, a writer and resistant enters into a high-risk game of psychological cat and mouse with a Nazi collaborator.

Cast & Crew

Mélanie Thierry
Marguerite Duras épouse Antelme
Benoît Magimel
Pierre Rabier
Benjamin Biolay
Dionys Mascolo
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
François Mitterrand - alias François Morland
Emmanuel Bourdieu
Robert Antelme
Patrick Lizana
Georges Beauchamp
Shulamit Adar
Madame Katz
Joanna Grudzinska
Thérèse
Emmanuel Finkiel
Director
Emmanuel Finkiel
Screenwriter
Julien Deris
Producer
Yael Fogiel
Producer
David Gauquié
Producer
Laetitia Gonzalez
Producer
Etienne Mallet
Producer
Michel Merkt
Producer
Vincent Roget
Producer
Nathalie Vallet
Producer
Alexis Kavyrchine
Cinematographer
Sylvie Lager
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