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5 March 2008 (Belgium)
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In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special...
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1 nomination
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Gritty WWII mission drama, ala the Dirty Dozen
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophie Marceau | ... | Louise Desfontaines | |
| Julie Depardieu | ... | Jeanne Faussier | |
| Marie Gillain | ... | Suzy Desprez | |
| Déborah François | ... | Gaëlle Lemenech | |
| Moritz Bleibtreu | ... | SS Colonel Heindrich | |
| Maya Sansa | ... | Maria Luzzato | |
| Julien Boisselier | ... | Pierre Desfontaines | |
| Vincent Rottiers | ... | Eddy | |
| Volker Bruch | ... | Lieutenant Becker | |
| Robin Renucci | ... | Melchior | |
| Xavier Beauvois | ... | Charles Granville | |
| Colin David Reese | ... | Colonel Maurice Buckmaster | |
| Jurgen Mash | ... | Gerd Von Rundstedt | |
| Conrad Cecil | ... | Le géologue anglais | |
| Alexandre Jazede | ... | René Bourienne |
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Female Agents (International: English title)
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Germany:117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Ireland:15A |
Australia:MA |
Portugal:M/12 |
UK:15 |
Germany:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Singapore:R21 (cut) |
France:U (with warning)
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Factual errors: The basic premise of this film is that a Geologist has been sent to France to study the sand on the beach is incorrect. Frogmen landed at night on the beach to take samples and were then taken back immediately to England. There is no possibility of any access being gained to the beach by a civilian as they were heavily guarded.
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I saw this film at this years Seattle International Film Festival, and other than the bizarre choice of "Female Agents" as the English title, I loved it. I think a more direct translation of the title as "Women of the Shadows" or some such would have been much more evocative.
The film itself is a gritty WWII espionage drama in the classic mold, with the team of misfits being assembled to do the job that only they can do. Only in this case, they are women. The film does not shrink from the grittiness and danger of the mission, especially when it extends to several gutwrenching interrogation scenes. There is no chivalry in this war. Moritz Bleibtreu is especially effective as an SS Colonel who believes himself to be a decent man, doing only what he must, yet in reality committing atrocity after atrocity.
Special effects are well used to give us occupied Paris in great detail, and the whole look of the film is quite stylish. A recommended film!