Memoir of War
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 126 min · ★ 6.1 · 62% critics
In the final days of occupied France, a writer waits for news of her husband after his arrest and deportation for resistance activity. As liberation nears, she is pulled between an uneasy romance, risky dealings with a collaborator, and the exhausting pain of not knowing if he will return.
Based on La Douleur
Also known as Memoir of Pain
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Details
- Original title
- La Douleur
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-08-17
- Language
- French
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (144 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate wartime dramas centered on emotional endurance and moral tension, especially if Army of Crime appealed to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or uplifting energy.
Pros: tense waiting game; emotionally intense; strong wartime atmosphere | Cons: slow-moving story; heavy subject matter; subdued pace
Themes
- paris, france
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- french resistance
- nazi collaborationism
- nazi occupation
- nazism
- biographical
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
- PL
Patrick Lizana
as Beauchamp
Shulamit Adar
as Mme. Katz
Joanna Grudzinska
as Thérèse
- EA
Elsa Amiel
as Secretary at Gallimard
Directed by Emmanuel Finkiel