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A Secret

64 %|Oct 3, 2007|Drama

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

Featured Crew

Claude Miller
Director
Philippe Grimbert
Novel
Claude Miller
Writer
Nathalie Carter
Writer
Zbigniew Preisner
Music
Gérard de Battista
Director of Photography

Cast

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Patrick Bruel
Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
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Cécile de France
Tania Stirn / Grimbert
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Ludivine Sagnier
Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg
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Mathieu Amalric
François Grimbert at 37 years old
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Yves Jacques
Le commandant Beraud
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Orlando Nicoletti
Simon à 7 ans
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Valentin Vigourt
François à 7 ans
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Quentin Dubuis
François à 14 ans
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Robert Plagnol
Robert Stirn
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Laura Presgurvic
L'amie de Louise