Talk:L'Armée des ombres

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[edit] L'Armee des ombres

Great review, good information on actors, director distribution- Ileave you one thought which I exemplify citing the following sentence "...a recounting of Kessel's (and Melville's) memoirs as a member of the French Resistance, inventing characters drawn from real people who actually fought against the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. " Perhaps a more realistic appreciation is "inventing characters loosely based on real people" The movie seems to fit well de Gaulle's effort to unified France after WW II, down playing the role of cooperationists and painting too rosy a picture of French people massively united around the resistance.

Would a next step in Wikipedia consider a critical analysis of the story of movies in a social context? We are influenced by stereotypes in movies- there are plenty of those in Kessel's story -aloof intellectuals with a strong core that are misjudged by society, women as great practical organizers (but dominated by emotions- Mathilde's about carrying her daughter's picture). Too many of the details in the movie are pointblanc not believable. Details about miracle escapes or about the characters. Althoug it compares very well to other war movies, it is definitely a partisan movie, with plenty of narrative concesions. AL