Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Historical - 125 minutes
1944 Paris. When her husband is arrested by the Gestapo, then deported, Marguerite suffers the long and silent agony of waiting for his return.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Emmanuel FINKIEL Cast : Mélanie THIERRY, Benoit MAGIMEL, Benjamin BIOLAY, Shulamit ADAR, Grégoire LEPRINCE-RINGUET, Emmanuel BOURDIEU Producer(s) : Nathalie VALLET (Les Films du Poisson)
When she finds two old notebooks in a forgotten box, Marguerite Duras remembers her past and the unbearable pain of waiting. In the 1944 Nazi-occupied France, young talented writer Marguerite is an active Resistance member with her husband Robert Antelme. When he is deported by the Gestapo, she dives into a desperate struggle to get him back. She develops a chilling relationship with local Vichy collaborator Rabier and takes terrible risks to save Robert, playing a cat-and-mouse of unpredictable meetings all over Paris. Does he really want to help her? Or is he trying to dig up information about the anti-Nazi underground? Then comes the end of the war and the return of camp victims, an excruciating period for her, a long and silent agony after the chaos of the Liberation of Paris. But she continues to wait, bound to the torment of absence even beyond hope and love.
Country(ies) : FRANCE
San Sebastian FF 2017 Official selectionRDV Unifrance 2018COLCOA 2018 West Coast Premiere