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A Bag of Marbles
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A Bag of Marbles

2017-01-18 · 113 min · ★ 7.8

War · Drama

At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

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Directors
Christian Duguay
Production companies
TF1 Films Production, Forecast Pictures, Main Journey, Gaumont, Quad Productions, IDL Films, Proximus, Okko Production, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Panache Productions
Countries
Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France
Status
Released
Budget
USD 21,400,000
Revenue
USD 10,898,998

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Dorian Le ClechDorian Le ClechJoseph
Batyste FleurialBatyste FleurialMaurice
Patrick BruelPatrick BruelRoman
Elsa ZylbersteinElsa ZylbersteinAnna
Bernard CampanBernard CampanAmbroise Mancelier
Christian ClavierChristian ClavierDocteur Rosen
Kev AdamsKev AdamsFerdinand
César DomboyCésar DomboyHenri
Ilian BergalaIlian BergalaAlbert
Émile BerlingÉmile BerlingRaoul Mancelier
Jocelyne DesverchèreJocelyne DesverchèreMarcelle Mancelier
Coline LeclèreFrançoise
Holger DaemgenHolger DaemgenAlois Brunner
Fred EpaudFred EpaudLe curé Buffa
Michaël ErpeldingMichaël ErpeldingRaymond
Pierre KiwittPierre KiwittSS Allemand
Vincent NemethVincent NemethLe professeur
Luc PalunLuc PalunL'homme patibulaire
Lucas PrisorLucas PrisorContrôleur Allemand
Candide SanchezCandide SanchezLe fermier Cochon

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