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Uranus (1990) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Aug 23, 1991
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country France
Production Companies
DD Productions, Films A2, Renn Productions, Sofica Investimage 3, Soficas Investimage 2, Soficas Sofi Ano
Studio ARP, DD Productions, Films Antenne 2, Franco London Films, Investimage, Renn Productions, Sofica Sofiarp
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Political, World War II, Satire
Plot: This gripping tragedy, based on the novel by Marcel Aymé, is set in a small French village devastated by World War II. With much of their town destroyed by bombings and fighting, the members of the village are forced to come together to survive, despite mounting tension and violence over the hunt for German collaborators. Jean-Pierre Marielle stars as Archambaud, a middle-class family man who takes a series of villagers into his home. Among them are Watrin (Philippe Noiret) the village high school teacher, local communist party leader Geigneux (Michel Blanc), and his seductive daughter Marie Anne (Florence Darel). The ruins of the town become the stomping grounds for the F.F.I. (French Forces of The Interior) who nightly hunt out villagers known to be war-time German collaborators. But things change when Archambaud knowingly hides Maxine Loin (Gerard Desarthe), a former member of the fascist party, in his home. Gerard Depardieu co-stars as the robust innkeeper Leopold, who refuses to be silenced by the intimidation of the F.F.I. and local police. This grim portrait of post war France, seething with corruption, guilt, and confusion is a remarkable study in hypocrisy and greed. Ultimately, the villagers are ripped apart by violence and corruption and forced to acknowledge the
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| Directed by |
Claude Berri
Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, Germinal |
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Marcel Aymé
Traversée de Paris, La, The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... | Claude Berri
Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra |
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