After such masterpieces as The Old Man and the Child, Chao Pantin, Manon de Sources and Jean de Floret and Germinal, Claude Berry signs his 18th feature film with Lucie Aubrac. A story about World War II for someone from an Ashkenazi Jewish family who had to hide for his own survival.
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As the trailer says, “Everything a woman can do to save the man she loves, Lucy Obrak did it“. It’s 1943, World War II is raging and the Nazis are occupying France. Raymond and Lucy Obrak then joined the resistance.
However, on June 21, Raymond was arrested by the Gestapo after a denunciation, namely along with Jean Moulin. Determined to help her other half, Lucy will stop at nothing to free him, stop at nothing to organize his escape…
Romance mixed with violence… Here it seems like a book, but we will really witness a true story: the two main figures of the resistance of the Samuel couple, better known by the surname Abrak, who were chosen in the underground. Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime in France during World War II.
A history lesson and a love story, Lucy Obrak It tells as faithfully as possible the real events of our difficult past, while taking liberties with his screenplay version adapted from the latter’s autobiography.
Gritty and painful, the 1997 historical drama does not shy away from recreating the reality of the past with scenes of torture and muscular interrogations shown or suggested, but above all it pays homage to the legendary Awrak couple, played on screen by the moving Carol Bouquet. and Daniel O’Teil.
Moving acting, sets, lighting, music and authenticity to transport you to a bygone era with as much realism as possible – even with its costumes and atmosphere, you will believe – Lucy Obrakwhich received a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998, is a landmark moment in history that should not be missed.
Lucy Obrak By Claude Berry with Carole Bouquet, Daniel Ottes, Patrice Cheros…
from the age of 12
Tonight at Arte at 20:55.
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