Female Agents
2008 · Movie · TV-MA · 117 min · ★ 6.6 · 73% critics
In May 1944, French servicewomen and resistance fighters are pulled into a British commando group to carry out a rescue mission in Normandy. Tasked with freeing a captured British geologist, their operation turns dangerous and escalates into brutal, high-stakes fighting behind enemy lines.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Femmes de l'ombre
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-02-08
- Language
- French
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (274 votes)
About
You’ll likely like Female Agents if you enjoy WWII resistance thrillers with female-led missions and intense danger, like Days of Glory or Under the Bombs; Not for you if you want strict historical accuracy or lighter, more playful tone.
Pros: inspiring resistance story; strong performances; gritty wartime tension | Cons: rough credibility issues; often hard to watch; some tone complaints
Themes
- london, england
- loss of loved one
- resistance
- world war ii
- normandy, france
- d-day
- commando
- 1940s
Cast & crew
Sophie Marceau
as Louise Desfontaines
Julie Depardieu
as Jeanne Faussier
Marie Gillain
as Suzy Desprez
Déborah François
as Gaëlle Lemenech
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Karl Heinrich
Julien Boisselier
as Pierre Desfontaines
Maya Sansa
as Maria Luzzato
Vincent Rottiers
as Eddy
Volker Bruch
as Lieutenant Becker
David Capelle
as Bernard
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé