The Accompanist
(1992)
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The Accompanist
(1992)
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| Romane Bohringer | ... |
Sophie Vasseur
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| Richard Bohringer | ... |
Charles Brice
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Elena Safonova | ... |
Irène Brice
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Samuel Labarthe | ... |
Jacques Fabert
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Julien Rassam | ... |
Benoît Weizman
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Bernard Verley | ... |
Jacques Ceniat
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Nelly Borgeaud | ... |
Madame Vasseur
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Claude Rich | ... |
Ministre
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Niels Dubost | ... |
Young Man on Train
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Sacha Briquet | ... |
Dignitary
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Nathalie Bach |
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Gilbert Bahon | ... |
Royal Coachman
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Marcel Berbert |
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Valérie Bettencourt | ... |
Juliette
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Gabriel Cattand | ... |
Parisian Impresario
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In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
Paris 1943. Paris is going through one of the hardest winters of its history -occupied and tortured by the Germans, freezing and starving, the City of Light hardly deserves its name. But Sophie Vasseur only just witnesses that misery. She has been recruited as the accompanist of Irene Brice, an opera singer, one of the few 'lights' still shining in Paris. Her husband Charles, a brilliant and rich businessman who loves her passionately, efficiently supports her agents and sponsors in protecting her from the unbearable reality, and Sophie, the shadow, cuddles in the shelter. Through all the ordeals that cost the life of so many, Charles carries Irene and Sophie, not even surprised to find themselves safe in London. But untouched by the universal suffering, Irene will create her own. Sophie could do something, but, unable to get out of her role of passive shadow and to understand she has power on her own, will she? A fascinating picture of destiny and how it affects human beings, whether they try to control it or not. Beautiful classical music too.