A Secret
– In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbe..
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.
03 Oct 2007
French, Yiddish, German, Hebrew
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Natalie Carter (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Philippe Grimbert (based on the novel by)
Cécile de France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu
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.
4 wins & 12 nominations.
$451,586
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