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A Secret (2007)

– A Secret 2007
– Un secret (original title)
– 1h 45 min. | Drama, War | 3 October 2007 (France)

Storyline:

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. Based on a true story.

Director: Claude Miller
Writers: Claude Miller (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Natalie Carter (scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
Stars: Cécile de France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier
Country: France
Language: French | Yiddish | German | Hebrew
Release Date: 3 October 2007 (France)
Also Known As: A Secret
Filming Locations: Felletin, Creuse, France.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490234/