Memoir of Pain

– June 1944, France is still under the German Occupation. The writer Robert Antelme, major figure of t..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 7 Minutes
Release Year:
2017
Original Name:
La Douleur
Memoir of Pain (2017) - Also known as La Douleur

June 1944, France is still under the German Occupation. The writer Robert Antelme, major figure of the Resistance, is arrested and deported. His young wife, Marguerite, writer and resistant, was torn by the anguish of not having her news and her secret liaison with her comrade Dyonis. She met a French agent of the Gestapo, Rabier, and, ready to do anything to find her husband, tested an ambiguous relationship with this troubled man, only to be able to help him.

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Release Date:

17 Aug 2018

Language:

French

Director:

Emmanuel Finkiel

Writer:

Marguerite Duras (novel), Emmanuel Finkiel (adaptation), Emmanuel Finkiel (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Plot:

Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Metacritic:
57%