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Safe Conduct (2002)

Safe Conduct poster
Original title
Laissez-passer
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
Genre
period drama film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows two men working in the French film industry during the Nazi occupation of World War II. One is a director who also works for the resistance while the other is a screenwriter trying to avoid collaboration.

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What happens

Safe Conduct (French: Laissez-passer) is a 2002 French historical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and Jean Cosmos. It is based on the memories of the veteran French director Jean Devaivre, active in the film industry and the resistance during the Second World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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