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A Secret

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"A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret."

Duration

1h 45m

Release

3 Oct 2007

Country

France

Language

French

Overview

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

Plot

A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.

Cast

Cécile de FrancePatrick BruelLudivine Sagnier

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10Rotten Tomatoes: 78%Metacritic: 72/100

Details

Director

Claude Miller

Writers

Claude MillerNatalie CarterPhilippe Grimbert

Awards

4 wins & 13 nominations total
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