Female Agents

– May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Speci..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 57 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
Original Name:
Les Femmes de l'ombre
Female Agents (2008) - Also known as Les Femmes de l'ombre

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.

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Female Agents (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 Mar 2008

Language:

French, German, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-MA – Unsuitable For Children

This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17 years old. It contains content that is unsuitable for children.

Director:

Jean-Paul Salomé

Writer:

Jean-Paul Salomé, Laurent Vachaud

Main Actors:

Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François

Plot:

In 1944, in London, Lieutenant Pierre Desfontaines assigns his sister Louise Desfontaines to convince three other women to form a five-woman task force under his command to rescue a British geologist from a German hospital in the countryside. The geologist was assigned by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster in a reconnaissance mission of the soil of the beaches at Normandy for the D-Day and had been captured by the Germans. Louise and Pierre force the prostitute Jeanne Faussier that is imprisoned for murdering her pimp; the explosives expert Gaëlle Lemenech that misses action; and the former dancer and fiancé of Colonel Karl Heindrich, Suzy Desprez, using blackmail and unethical methods to fly to France and join the Italian agent Maria Luzzato in the assignment. They are well-succeeded but when they deliver the geologist to the British aeroplane, Pierre betrays the group. He forces the women to travel to Paris to kill Colonel Heindrich who suspects that the landing of the allied forces will be through Normandy, in a dangerous mission.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

TFM Distribution

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%