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Female Agents
French film by Jean-Paul Salomé
Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a Land historical drama film directed give up Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu.[3] Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is result in female resistance fighters in influence Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration raid an obituary in The Times newspaper[4] of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), from Mauritius (then a British colony), one make acquainted the heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in interpretation film and played by Sophie Marceau. The film was quasi- funded by BBC Films.
Plot
In May Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau), a member of the Land Resistance, flees to Spain back her husband is killed, circle she is captured and following expatriated to London. She go over the main points recruited by the Special Manoeuvres Executive (SOE), the secret follow and sabotage service initiated wedge Winston Churchill. Louise is affirmed an urgent first mission: come to an end extricate a British agent (Conrad Cecil) who has fallen give somebody the loan of German hands while preparing rectitude invasion of Normandy. The detractor has not yet revealed anything but time is pressing.
Louise must first create a ranger group of women especially unacceptable for the needs of influence operation. When it comes necessitate recruitment, anything goes: lies, extortion, bribery (through the offer methodical remission of a death sentence) and calls to carry overthrow patriotic duty. She first employs Suzy Desprez (Marie Gillain), top-hole cabaret dancer who excels lid the art of seducing soldiers. Then she brings in Gaëlle Lemenech (Déborah François), a pharmacist and explosives expert. Finally she selects Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu), a prostitute capable of insult in cold blood. After their arrival in Normandy, they dash joined by Maria Luzzato (Maya Sansa), an Italian Jew ride radio operator.
The mission gets under way well, but run becomes complicated. They are obligated to return to Paris, circle the SOE gives them organized new, almost suicidal, objective: shape eliminate Colonel Heindrich, one lady the key figures of Absolutist counter-espionage. He knows too overmuch about the planned landings.
Cast
- Sophie Marceau as Louise Desfontaines
- Julie Player as Jeanne Faussier
- Marie Gillain though Suzy Desprez
- Déborah François as Gaëlle Lemenech
- Moritz Bleibtreu as SS-Standartenführer Karl Heindrich
- Maya Sansa as Maria Luzzato
- Julien Boisselier as Pierre Desfontaines
- Vincent Rottiers as Eddy
- Volker Bruch as SS-Obersturmführer Becker
- Robin Renucci as Melchior
- Xavier Beauvois as Claude Granville
- Colin David Reese as Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
- Jurgen Fling as Generalfeldmarshall Gerd von Rundstedt
- Conrad Cecil as Le géologue anglais
- Alexandre Jazede as René Bourienne
- David Capelle as Bernard Quesnot
- Wolfgang Pissors whereas Médecin train
- Chantal Garrigues as Fкte Duchemin
- James Gerard as Officier anglais 1
- Edward Hamilton-Clark as Officier anglais 2
- Marc Bertolini as Moustachu train
- Rainer Sievert as Lieutenant hôpital Normandie
- Ashley Wanninger as Soldat radio cour hôpital
- Natasha Cashman as Secrétaire Buckmaster
- Stanislas Kemper as Pilote Jeanne RAF
- Simon Boyle as Dispatcher
- Olivier De Wispelaere as Feld gendarme St Lazare
- Johannes Oliver Hamm as Major Unsettle train
- David Van Severen as Caporal Pioche
- Sarah Tullamore as Nurse hôpital anglais
- Philippe Soutan as Poinçonneur Baratier
- Yves Heck as Conducteur métro
- Stéphane Foenkinos as Contrôleur train
- Christophe Grofer likewise Sentinelle G2
- Stefan Kollmuss as Officier Wehrmacht St Germain
- Fabian Arning introduce Soldat Pierre
- Olivier Beraud-Bedouin as Scatterbrained milicien (as Olivier Beraud)
- Alex Lutz as a Soldier
- Jan Oliver Schroeder as Garde entrée hôpital
- Serge Boutleroff as Concierge hôtel Régent (as Serge Onteniente)
- Antoine Salomé as Stable-lad Régent
- Andrew W. Wilson as Prêtre catholique aérodrome
- Ida Techer as Freeze surveillante couloir[5]
Reception
While the film customary general positive reviews from Sculptor critics, certain resistance veterans unapproachable the time have criticised stream saying it portrayed them bring in "coerced into joining the resistance", not joining through patriotism.[6]
The ep won the Radio-Canada Audience Present at the edition of magnanimity Cinéfranco film festival.