Movie
Memoir of War
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-08-17
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cinéfrance Studios, Les Films du Poisson, KNM, France 3 Cinéma, Versus Production, Need Productions, Same Player, Proximus, Fondation Carac, CNC, Canal+, OCS, France Télévisions, SofiTVciné 4, Cinémage 11, Sonia Films
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Mélanie Thierry as Marguerite Duras
- Benoît Magimel as Pierre Rabier
- Benjamin Biolay as Dionys Mascolo
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as François Morland
- Emmanuel Bourdieu as Robert Antelme
- Anne-Lise Heimburger as Mme. Bordes
- Patrick Lizana as Beauchamp
- Shulamit Adar as Mme. Katz
- Joanna Grudzinska as Thérèse
- Elsa Amiel as Secretary at Gallimard
- Garance Chansigaud as Une femme dans la chambre des déportés
- Vincent Mertens as Déporté
Crew
- Emmanuel Finkiel - Director
- Emmanuel Finkiel - Screenplay
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