Gilles Lellouche stars in this political thriller, based on incredible true events.
Jeweller Joseph Haffmann sells his shop to his employee when he attempts to escape Nazi Germany. Circumstances find him unable to leave, hiding in the basement, and relying on the good graces of his former employee.
Adoption movies are a sub-genre in themselves: usually either sickeningly saccharine, or too wedded to the wicked step-mother trope. So one must scream “merci!” to actor-turned-director Jeanne Herry for finally breaking through with this master work on the subject. Herry’s impeccable screenplay gives us all the character arcs we want, but in a documentary-like narrative […]