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Marie-Octobre (1959)

Marie-Octobre poster
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman invites her former resistance cell members to her country home for a reunion. They realize one of them is responsible for betraying their leader years ago, and the evening turns into a tense interrogation.

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What happens

Marie-Octobre is a 1959 French drama mystery film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier and Robert Dalban. It is based on the eponymous novel by Jacques Robert. The entire action takes place in real time over 99 minutes. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It is also known by the alternative title Secret Meeting The film was remade in 2008 by director Josée Dayan, starring Nathalie Baye. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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