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Female Agents

Original title: Les femmes de l'ombre
  • 2008
  • TV-MA
  • 2h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7.8K
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Sophie Marceau, Marie Gillain, Julie Depardieu, Maya Sansa, and Déborah François in Female Agents (2008)
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London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.

  • Director
    • Jean-Paul Salomé
  • Writers
    • Jean-Paul Salomé
    • Laurent Vachaud
  • Stars
    • Sophie Marceau
    • Julie Depardieu
    • Moritz Bleibtreu
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    7.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Paul Salomé
    • Writers
      • Jean-Paul Salomé
      • Laurent Vachaud
    • Stars
      • Sophie Marceau
      • Julie Depardieu
      • Moritz Bleibtreu
    • 46User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sophie Marceau, Marie Gillain, Julie Depardieu, Maya Sansa, and Déborah François in Female Agents (2008)
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    Sophie Marceau
    Sophie Marceau
    • Louise Desfontaines
    Julie Depardieu
    Julie Depardieu
    • Jeanne Faussier
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    • Karl Heindrich
    Marie Gillain
    Marie Gillain
    • Suzy Desprez
    Déborah François
    Déborah François
    • Gaëlle Lemenech
    • (as Deborah François)
    Maya Sansa
    Maya Sansa
    • Maria Luzzato
    Julien Boisselier
    Julien Boisselier
    • Pierre Desfontaine
    Vincent Rottiers
    Vincent Rottiers
    • Eddy
    Volker Bruch
    Volker Bruch
    • Lieutenant Becker
    Robin Renucci
    Robin Renucci
    • Melchior
    Xavier Beauvois
    Xavier Beauvois
    • Claude Granville
    Colin David Reese
    Colin David Reese
    • Maurice Buckmaster
    • (as Colin-David Reese)
    Jurgen Mash
    • Gerd Von Rundstedt
    Conrad Cecil
    Conrad Cecil
    • Le Géologue anglais
    Alexandre Jazede
    • René Bourienne
    David Capelle
    • Bernard Quesnot
    Wolfgang Pissors
    Wolfgang Pissors
    • Médecin train
    Chantal Garrigues
    • Mme Duchemin
    • Director
      • Jean-Paul Salomé
    • Writers
      • Jean-Paul Salomé
      • Laurent Vachaud
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    • Trivia
      One of the inspirations for the film came when director Jean-Paul Salomé read "The Times" in London one morning whilst on post-production of Arsène Lupin (2004). Salomé saw a full page devoted to Lise Villameur, a French Resistance agent who worked for the SOE, the Special Operations Executive created by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. She had just died at the age of 98. She had been a real heroine and Britain paid tribute to her. Intrigued by her story, Salomé started doing some research with the help of historian Olivier Wieviorka. Salomé discovered that other women had been SOE agents. They were among the fifty or so agents of the "French Section" that were trained in England before working for the Allies in occupied WWII France.
    • Goofs
      The film portrays events leading up to the events of D-Day, yet the aircraft parachuting the girls into France displays invasion stripes, which were painted onto aircraft at the time of the D-Day landings to ease recognition of Allied aircraft.
    • Quotes

      Louise Desfontaines: Besides explosives what do you do for De Gaulle? Do you ever go on missions?

      Gaëlle Lemenech: Never. It's my only regret. Making bombs without blowing them up is frustrating.

      Louise Desfontaines: You can vent your frustration with me in France.

    • Soundtracks
      Marjolaine
      Music by Louiguy

      Lyrics by Jacques Plante

      Performed by André Claveau

    User reviews46

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    7/10
    Much more real, bleak and thoughtful film than I expected
    1944. An undercover agent working for the Allies, holding vital information about the future D-Day landings, is trapped in a French hospital, behind enemy lines. The agent is potentially only hours away from being discovered by the SS, and so the British Strategic Operations Executive put together a team of French speaking agents rescue him. Except for the commanding officer, the team are all women...

    Oh, yes. That sounded like just the ticket. Definitely a bit of a romp. Something along the lines of a 1940's set "Mission: Impossible". Stunts, action sequences, beautiful women with serious weaponry using their womanly wiles to run rings around evil, horny Nazis.

    Forget it. "Les Femmes de l'ombre" was not that film. The girls were beautiful, there was some de rigeur European nudity and also plenty of firepower and action, but "Les Femmes de l'ombre" was a much more real, bleak and thoughtful film than I expected. Bloody, nasty and sadistic, not to mention dangerous with some toe curling scenes of torture. Mix in with that meditations on fear, betrayal and ultimate self sacrifice.

    Perhaps "Les Femmes de l'ombre" was uneven, but it was also a really interesting take on that old chestnut: The war movie about a team sent behind enemy lines on a vital mission. I doubt that Tarantino will make a more memorable film when and if he finally finishes "Inglorious Bastards".
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    • Jul 7, 2008

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 2008 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (United Kingdom)
      • TFM Distribution (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Жінки - агенти
    • Filming locations
      • Collège Franco-Britannique, 9b boulevard de Jourdan, Paris 14, Paris, France(scenes at the SOE London headquarters)
    • Production companies
      • Les Chauves-Souris
      • Banque Populaire Images 7
      • Banque Populaire Images 8
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    • Budget
      • €17,123,930 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,274,983
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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