Nina's House

Nina's House

112 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 2005

Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 and January 1946 in an orphanage housed in a chateau outside Paris. At the outset, the country residence is run by Nina who has a core population of French Jewish children whose parents are probably dead. Food is scarce. News of the Concentration Camps hasn't hit yet, but some months later, a contingent of youths arrive form the liberated camps. The children are a disparate, wild, damaged group and conflicts ensue. Nina's challenge is to help them make their first delicate moves toward the future and in the process restore all of them, including herself, to life.

Nina's House

112 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 2005

Nina's House
Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 and January 1946 in an orphanage housed in a chateau outside Paris. At the outset, the country residence is run by Nina who has a core population of French Jewish children whose parents are probably dead. Food is scarce. News of the Concentration Camps hasn't hit yet, but some months later, a contingent of youths arrive form the liberated camps. The children are a disparate, wild, damaged group and conflicts ensue. Nina's challenge is to help them make their first delicate moves toward the future and in the process restore all of them, including herself, to life.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, TF1 Films Production, ADR Productions, TPS Star, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, La Région Île-de-France, Metaboles et Compagnie
Original title La maison de Nina
Directors Richard Dembo
Writers Richard Dembo

Cast

Agnès Jaoui

as Nina

Sarah Adler

as Marlène

Arié Elmaleh

as Avner

Sébastien Knafo

as Arié

Adèle Csech

as Sylvie

Jérémy Sitbon

as Georges

Vincent Rottiers

as Gabriel

Alexis Pivot

as Jean

Max Levy

as Jules-Marie

Lola Naymark

as Rosette

Arnaud Marciszewer

as The little prune  

Gaspard Ulliel

as Izik

David Mambouch

as Leiser

Claire Bouanich

as The little angel

Arthur Moncla

as Moshe

Gabriel Hallali

as Hertchel

Meir Bloemhof

as Schlome

Jérémias Nussbaum

as Schmelke

Charles Berling

as Maurice Gutman

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

as Jacques Goldstein

Michel Jonasz

as The generous donor

Jean-Pierre Becker

as Anselme

Bernard Blancan

as Emile

André Cavaillé

as The photographer

Idit Cebula

as Sylvie and Georges' mother

Yann Collette

as Colonel de Marcieu

Yann Goven

as Bomze

Judith Henry

as Jules-Marie's adoptive mother

Allen Hoist

as Sandy

Tómas Lemarquis

as Gustav

Philippe Morier-Genoud

as M. Gélin

Élise Otzenberger

as Hélène

Hubert Saint-Macary

as The station master

Ken Samuels

as Captain O'Leary

Gilles Ségal

as Dr. Weill

Veronika Varga

as The false mother