1942 Paris. Annette is 20 years old, Jean is barely older, they love each other and the future is bright for them. But the deportation of the Jews of France will change their destiny. Upset at the idea of their only son marrying a Jewish woman, Jean Jausion's parents decide to keep young Annette Zelman away from them... and denounce her to the Gestapo. The machine was launched, but it was too late. Annette was deported to Auschwitz on June 22, 1942.
Acting
Bachelier's luminous hope makes the ending crush harder.
Production
Parisian glamour slowly curdles into bureaucratic nightmare.
Direction
Le Guay refuses easy villains — that's the horror.
Director
Philippe Le Guay
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