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Réfractaire

  • 20092009
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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Réfractaire (2009)
Réfractaire is a reflection about commitment forced by the impossible choice which young men faced in their twenties: either agree to go to war on the front line, risking their lives firing on their allies, or bury themselves for months or even years in the cold and humidity of the iron mines? With the anguish of knowing that their parents would be deported. 
The film tries to decipher the mechanisms which lead to resistance, which finds it’s roots in the family “karma”.
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May 1944. A young man just out of college returns to his hometown in Luxembourg. Refusing to fight on the German side, he chooses a clandestine life and joins other deserters in an abandoned... Read allMay 1944. A young man just out of college returns to his hometown in Luxembourg. Refusing to fight on the German side, he chooses a clandestine life and joins other deserters in an abandoned mine.May 1944. A young man just out of college returns to his hometown in Luxembourg. Refusing to fight on the German side, he chooses a clandestine life and joins other deserters in an abandoned mine.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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  • Director
    • Nicolas Steil
  • Writers
    • Jean-Louis Schlesser
    • Nicolas Steil
  • Stars
    • Pierre Niney
    • Guillaume Gouix
    • Arthur Dupont
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  • Director
    • Nicolas Steil
  • Writers
    • Jean-Louis Schlesser
    • Nicolas Steil
  • Stars
    • Pierre Niney
    • Guillaume Gouix
    • Arthur Dupont
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    • 9Critic reviews
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    Pierre Niney
    Pierre Niney
    • Armandas Armand
    Guillaume Gouix
    Guillaume Gouix
    • Renéas René
    Arthur Dupont
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    • Théoas Théo
    Swann Arlaud
    Swann Arlaud
    • Adyas Ady
    Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
    Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
    • Françoisas François
    Marianne Basler
    Marianne Basler
    • Malouas Malou
    Judith Davis
    Judith Davis
    • Louas Lou
    Carlo Brandt
    Carlo Brandt
    • Jacquesas Jacques
    Luc Feit
    • Gestapisteas Gestapiste
    Daniel Plier
    • Gustaveas Gustave
    Michel Voïta
    Michel Voïta
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    Thierry van Werveke
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    Yoann Denaive
    • Enricoas Enrico
    Pierre Derenne
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    André Jung
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    Massimo Brancatelli
    Massimo Brancatelli
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    Hervé Sogne
    • Schupo 2as Schupo 2
    Patrick Hastert
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      • Nicolas Steil
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      • Jean-Louis Schlesser
      • Nicolas Steil
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      Luxembourg's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010.

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    4/10
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    Cinema is motion. Thriving on the kinetic, its action heroes are proactive do-gooders. But what if they're impotent, incarcerated, or stripped of devious gadgetry? Then they do the right thing. A dark moral vision, The Undercover War frames ghostly non-combatants, dissenters whose resolute inaction is valorous. Eschewing the TNT-stoked inferno of the battleground, the film plays out life-or-death scenarios in banal surrounds. This is a eulogy to kitchen-sink crusaders; little heroes whose small glories are all but invisible to the annals.

    A sombre endgame, The Undercover War offers no great escapes. Competent, if lacking in formal dazzle, the film's reverent drama becomes sedate, lulling to a clammy checkmate. Whilst more downbeat than similar narratives, its predictable trajectory detracts from the realism Steil's restrained direction seeks to evoke. Slaying, and then substituting a new-old mythos, the narrative itself feels imprisoned by the classic grammar of the combat film. Digestion-smoothing viewing for dozily patriotic Sunday afternoons, this is neo-traditional fare which doesn't delve quite far enough beneath the shadows.
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    • Release date
      • June 5, 2009 (Luxembourg)
    • Countries of origin
      • Luxembourg
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Iris Productions
      • Official site (Luxembourg)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Undercover War
    • Filming locations
      • France
    • Production companies
      • Iris Productions
      • CAB Productions
      • Iris Group
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      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
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