Fresh
A solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Overview
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
Director and cast
- Robert Guédiguian Director
- Simon Abkarian as Missak Manouchian
- Virginie Ledoyen as Mélinée Manouchian
- Robinson Stévenin as Marcel Rayman
- Lola Naymark as Monique Stern
- Adrien Jolivet as Henri Krasucki
- Olga Legrand as Olga Bancic
- Alexandru Potocean as Alexandre le mari d'Olga
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Inspecteur Pujol
- Yann Trégouët as Commissaire David
- Pascal Cervo as Inspecteur Bourlier
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A passionate act of remembrance.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
This is a fact-based story of the French resistance who had to fight not only the Germans but their own people.
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
There's no sense of the oppression France felt under Nazi rule. It's all just play-acting in period-specific attire. You can almost hear the AD calling lunch.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh
Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be.
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
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