Un amour à taire (2005) (TV)

Director:

Christian Faure

Writers:

Pascal Fontanille (writer)
Samantha Mazeras (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 2005 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young Jewish girl looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest

Cast

Jérémie Renier	...	Jean
Louise Monot	...	Sarah / Yvonne
Bruno Todeschini	...	Philippe
Michel Jonasz	...	Armand Lavandier
Charlotte de Turckheim	...	Marcelle Lavandier
Nicolas Gob	...	Jacques
Olivier Saladin	...	Breton
Philippe Faure	...	Le passeur
François Aramburu	...	La Baronne
Miroslav Kosev	...	Stroeger
Maximilien Muller	...	Petit-fils de Sara
Flannan Obé	...	Raymond
Kitodar Todorov	...	Adjoint de Breton
Yuli Toshev	...	Chef de camp
Anne Girouard	...	Léopoldine
Nikolai Pureev	...	Bourreau SS 1
Vladimir Nikolov	...	Bourreau SS 2
Valentin Tanev	...	Directeur de la prison
Anguel Gueorguiev	...	Président du tribunal
Kristiyan Fokov	...	Procureur
Ivan Panev	...	Médecin
Irinei Konstantinov	...	Policier couloir
Françoise de Stael	...	Mamy Sara
Denis Sylvain	...	Jeannot
Patrick Pierron	...	Gardien du mémorial
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Atanas Bontchev	...	FFI 1
Peter Gaitandjiev	...	Officier SS 1 (as Petar Gaytandjiev)
Kamen Gueorguiev	...	Officier SS 2
Meglena Karalambova	...	Mme de Marny
Boriana Manoilova	...	Fille de Mme Benaïm
Dimiter Martinov	...	Avocat de Jacques (as Dimitar Martinov)
Emil Penyashki	...	Policier de la morgue
Albena Stavreva	...	Mme Benaïm
Zhana Stoyanovich	...	Bonne des Lavandier (as Jana Stoyanowitsch)
Thomas Suire	...	Rudy
Ivaylo Tchernev	...	FFI 2
Luben Tshatalov	...	Chef de gare
Nikolai Urumov	...	Policier du contrôle
Svetla Vasileva	...	Femme de la Croix-Rouge
Julian Vergov	...	Von Berg (as Yulian Vergov)

Directed by
Christian Faure

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pascal Fontanille		writer
Samantha Mazeras		writer

Produced by
François Aramburu	....	producer
Laetitia Bartoli	....	producer
Pascal Fontanille	....	producer
Patrick Sandrin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Charles Court

Cinematography by
Svetlana Ganeva		(as Svetla Ganeva)

Film Editing by
Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez

Casting by
Philippe Page
Ilka Valcheva

Production Design by
Rossitsa Bakeva
Sebastian Birchler

Costume Design by
Jean-Michel Aubray
Sylvie de Segonzac

Makeup Department
Laurent Bonney	....	key hair stylist
Dominique Colladant	....	special makeup effects artist
Yanka Doytchinova	....	key hair stylist
Odile Fourquin	....	key makeup artist
Vanya Gochinina	....	hair stylist
Krassimir Mihaylov	....	key makeup artist
Elena Stamenova	....	makeup artist
Vessela Tocheva	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Svetl Ganeva	....	production manager
Bertrand Girard	....	assistant unit manager
Peggy Hartmann	....	assistant unit manager
Olivier Jacquot	....	production manager
Philippe Philipov	....	unit manager
Xavier Vincens	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Iva Fenichieva	....	second assistant director
Krasimir Hazarbasanov	....	first assistant director
Julie Manoukian	....	second assistant director
Alain Temmerman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sabina Bakeva	....	assistant art director
Atanas Cherkezov	....	props (as Atanas Tcherkezov)
Bertrand Lalande	....	assistant decorator
Yossif Mladenov	....	assistant decorator
Boris Nechev	....	set dresser
Krassimir Pashkulev	....	assistant decorator
Radoslav Stoyanov	....	assistant decorator
Viktor Tcherkezov	....	props

Sound Department
Eric Bonnard	....	sound mixer
Brice Cavallero	....	assistant sound
François Domerc	....	assistant sound
Julie Dupré	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Fénié	....	sound
Jean Lamy	....	post-synchronization
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist

Stunts
Parvan Parvanov	....	stunts (as Parvan Parvanov-Tzatzata)

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Desdoutes	....	assistant camera
Hristo Idakiev	....	electrician
Emil Ivelinov	....	grip
Stefan Kostadinov	....	grip
Dimitar Ventseslavov Kostov	....	video assist
Ilio Kotorenchev	....	second assistant camera
Luben Koukov	....	grip
Christian Martinello	....	grip
Dimitar Matev	....	first assistant camera
Samir Moundy	....	electrician
Dimitar Nikolov	....	key grip
Alain Pin	....	gaffer
Konstantin Popov	....	electrician
Valentin Popov	....	gaffer
Nikifor Sopov	....	electrician (as Nikifor Chopov)
Alexandre Trenev	....	electrician
Ella Van den Hove	....	camera operator
Noël Véry	....	steadicam operator
Borislav Yordanov	....	electrician

Casting Department
Myriam Haquin	....	extras casting
Ivan Kolev	....	extras casting
Elena Melamed	....	extras casting (as Elena Melamed I)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Djanina Baykoucheva	....	key costumer
Margarita Dineva	....	costumer (as Margaritka Dineva)
Elena Zaykova	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Sabine Roch	....	post-production (as Sabine Roch-Larcher)
Ain Varet	....	assistant editor
Olivier Veinat	....	color timer

Other crew
Nathalie Alquier	....	script supervisor
Laurence Bachman	....	fiction director: FR2
Milen Delidjakov	....	production secretary
Perrine Fontaine	....	fiction director: FR2
Veronique Hallu	....	press attache
Mila Koralova	....	production secretary
Laurence Lemoine	....	administrator
Jean-François Luccioni	....	fiction director: FR2
Martin Ouzounov	....	location manager
Christopher Robba	....	press attache
Yavor Rusev	....	set coordinator
Vera Vassileva	....	production administrator
Sandrine Viet-Bibas	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Merlin Productions
• France 2 (FR2) (participation)

Distributors

• Homescreen (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Optimale (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Picture This! Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Picture This! Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Also Known As:

A Love to Hide (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Merlin Productions

Soundtrack:

Boum

A must-see movie

I caught this movie by accident when I was channel surfing one night on cable and happened to land on TV5. Although I don't speak anything other than basic French, the opening scene caught my attention and I ended up sitting through the whole film. It's a tribute to how good it is that even with basic French vocabulary, I was able to follow the story - and what a story it is. An absolute treasure of a film, and I am amazed it hasn't been more widely publicised or shown on mainstream TV over here in the UK. Not an easy film to watch as there are some very brutal scenes, but I recommend it highly. And I would definitely advise a box of tissues to be kept at hand - there are moments that will break your heart.