Female Agents (2008)

Original title

Les Femmes de l'ombre

Directed by

Jean-Paul Salomé

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 276 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a group of female resistance fighters carry out secret missions against the German occupation. The story follows their dangerous work behind enemy lines in France.

tensebleakcourageousgrittysuspensefulpatrioticsomberresolute

What happens

Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a 2008 French historical drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu. Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), from Mauritius (then a British colony), one of the heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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