A Secret (2007)
A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.
2007 · 1h 45m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Claude Miller
Writers: Claude Miller, Philippe Grimbert, Natalie Carter
Music by: Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography: Gérard de Battista
Editor: Véronique Lange
Rated 6.5/10 by 156 viewers
Cast
Patrick Bruel as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / GrimbertCécile de France as Tania Stirn / GrimbertLudivine Sagnier as Hannah Golda Stirn / GrinbergJulie Depardieu as LouiseMathieu Amalric as François Grimbert at 37 years oldNathalie Boutefeu as EstherYves Verhoeven as GuillaumeYves Jacques as Le commandant BeraudSam Garbarski as JosephOrlando Nicoletti as Simon à 7 ansValentin Vigourt as François à 7 ansQuentin Dubuis as François à 14 ansMore like this
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