Memoir of War

Memoir of War

126 mins | Drama | Aug. 17, 2017

In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.

Memoir of War

126 mins | Drama | Aug. 17, 2017

Memoir of War
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films du Poisson, Versus Production, Same Player, Need Productions, France Télévisions, OCS, Cinéfrance, KNM, Cinémage 11, Proximus, Fondation Carac, SofiTVciné 4, Sonia Films
Original title La Douleur
Directors Emmanuel Finkiel
Writers Emmanuel Finkiel, Marguerite Duras

Cast

Mélanie Thierry

as Marguerite Duras

Benoît Magimel

as Pierre Rabier

Benjamin Biolay

as Dionys Mascolo

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

as François Morland

Emmanuel Bourdieu

as Robert Antelme

Anne-Lise Heimburger

as Mme. Bordes

Patrick Lizana

as Beauchamp

Shulamit Adar

as Mme. Katz

Joanna Grudzinska

as Thérèse

Elsa Amiel

as Secretary at Gallimard

Garance Chansigaud

as Une femme dans la chambre des déportés

Vincent Mertens

as Déporté