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Monsieur Batignole

6.6

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Original title

Monsieur Batignole

Year

2001

Running time

100 min.

Country

France

Director

Gérard Jugnot

Screenwriter

Gérard Jugnot, Philippe Lopes-Curval

Cast

Music

Khalil Chahine

Cinematography

Gérard Simon

Producer

Bac Films, TF1 Films Production, RF2K, Novo Arturo Films, Canal+

Genre

Drama | Nazism. II World War. Comedy-Drama. 1940s

Synopsis

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

Awards: 2002: César Awards: Most Promising Actor (Jean-Paul Rouve)

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Monsieur Batignole

2001

Gérard Jugnot

6.6

(2,944)