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Monsieur Batignole

Mar 6, 2002 · 1h 40m
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Comedy
Drama

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In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

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CAST

Gérard Jugnot
Edmond Batignole
Jules Sitruk
Simon Bernstein
Michèle Garcia
Marguerite Batignole
Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal
Micheline Batignole
Violette Blanckaert
Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir
Guila Cohen
Götz Burger
SS Col. Spreich
Directed by Gérard Jugnot

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
TF1 Films Production, Novo Arturo Films, RF2K Productions, Turkhoise
Country
FR

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