Synopsis
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic57/100
144 audience votes
Key crew
- Emmanuel FinkielDirector
- Emmanuel FinkielScreenplay
Cast
- Mélanie ThierryMarguerite Duras
- Benoît MagimelPierre Rabier
- Benjamin BiolayDionys Mascolo
- Grégoire Leprince-RinguetFrançois Morland
- Emmanuel BourdieuRobert Antelme
- Anne-Lise HeimburgerMme. Bordes
- Patrick LizanaBeauchamp
- Shulamit AdarMme. Katz
- Joanna GrudzinskaThérèse
- Elsa AmielSecretary at Gallimard
- Garance ChansigaudUne femme dans la chambre des déportés
- Vincent MertensDéporté
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Themes
paris, franceconcentration campworld war iifrench resistancenazi collaborationismnazi occupationnazismbiographical