Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 10:00 am
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French only
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Monsieur Batignole
A film by/Un film de
Gérard Jugnot

Paris, summer 1942. France is under German occupation. Edmond, a butcher whose future son in law is an active collaborator, inadvertently takes part in the deportation of his Jewish neighbour’s family. When the neighbour’s son, Simon, shows up on what used to be his doorstep, Edmond hides the boy who is soon joined by his two little cousins, also orphaned by the war. Risking it all, he decides to help them make their way to the Swiss border. But that’s where his troubles really begin…The deeply moving story of an ordinary man who discovers extraordinary courage in himself. In French with English subtitles.

Paris, juillet 1942. C'est une époque facile pour personne. Edmond Batignole, un homme ordinaire, petit commerçant de son état, tente de survivre comme tant d'autres. Il peut aussi se laisser entraîner par son entourage et sa lâcheté sur les pentes de l'infamie jusqu'à ce que celle-ci le rattrape et lui saute au visage sous les traits de Simon un petit enfant juif. 100mm

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