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Title: A Secret (2007)
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| Cécile de France | ... | Tania Stirn / Grimbert (as Cécile De France) | |
| Patrick Bruel | ... | Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert | |
| Ludivine Sagnier | ... | Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg | |
| Julie Depardieu | ... | Louise | |
| Mathieu Amalric | ... | François Grimbert à 37 ans | |
| Nathalie Boutefeu | ... | Esther | |
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Yves Verhoeven | ... | Georges |
| Yves Jacques | ... | Commandant Béraud | |
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Sam Garbarski | ... | Joseph |
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Orlando Nicoletti | ... | Simon Grinberg à 7 ans |
| Robert Plagnol | ... | Robert Stirn | |
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Valentin Vigourt | ... | François Grimbert à 7 ans |
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Quentin Dubuis | ... | François Grimbert à 14 ans |
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Chantal Banlier | ... | Maria |
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Myriam Fuks | ... | Mère Hannah |
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo. Based on a true story. Written by David Stevens
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Director Claude Miller ('The Little Thief')has gone and crafted a fine, taut,heartbreaking tale of repression,tragedy & truth,leading to closure. 'A Secret',adapted from the novel of the same name by author Phiiippe Grimbert,concerns a man,Francois,who as a young boy,had the feeling that he had an older brother. When he couldn't get a straight answer from his tight lipped family,he goes on a search for the truth & gets more than he bargained for. The film boasts of a fine cast,including Julie Depardieu,daughter of actor Gerard Depardieu,and the always welcome Ludivine Sagnier (Swimming Pool). The story's pace may be a bit slow for most Western viewers,but waiting it out will be well worth it,for the final solution. The film's visual look is a treat for the eye (with the present day sequences filmed in black & white, and the scenes that take place in the past which were filmed in colour,which may remind some viewers of 'Les Violins Du Bal'). Films like this deserve far better than they get (unlike any & all of the latest cine crapola that feature Pauly Shore or Adam Sandler). No rating,but contains nudity,sexual situations & some gruesome images of concentration camps that would be disturbing to youngsters under 15.