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The Last Penny (1946)

The Last Penny poster
Original title
Le Dernier Sou
Directed by
André Cayatte
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces consequences after making films for a collaborationist company during World War Two. The story follows her arrest and the personal fallout after the war ends.

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What happens

The Last Penny (French: Le dernier sou) is a 1946 French drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Ginette Leclerc, Gilbert Gil and Fernand Charpin. It was one of three films Leclerc appeared in for the collaborationist Continental Films, which she believed led to her arrest by the authorities following the Liberation. Although it was made during the Second World War the film was not released until March 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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