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A Bag of Marbles (2017)

A Bag of Marbles poster
Original title
Un sac de billes
Directed by
Christian Duguay
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Czech Republic, France, Canada
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 906 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two young Jewish brothers try to survive in Nazi-occupied France. They must pretend to be non-Jewish to avoid capture and stay together.

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What happens

A Bag of Marbles (French: Un sac de billes) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Christian Duguay, based on the autobiographical novel A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It is the second time the novel has been made into a film after Un sac de billes (1975). The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 37. The film was also a jury prize competitor at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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