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| Directed by | Jean-Paul Salomé |
| Produced by | Éric Névé |
| Written by | Laurent Vachaud Jean-Paul Salomé |
| Starring | Sophie Marceau Julie Depardieu Marie Gillain Déborah François Moritz Bleibtreu Maya Sansa Sarah Tullamore |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
| Cinematography | Pascal Ridao |
| Editing by | Marie-Pierre Renaud |
| Distributed by | France: TFM Distribution UK: Revolver Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | France: 5 March 2008 UK: 27 June 2008 |
| Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French German English |
Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre, literally "Women of the Shadows") is a French film about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper[1] of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), one of the few recognised heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by French actress Sophie Marceau.
The film was partly funded by BBC Films.
While the film received general positive reviews from French critics, certain resistance veterans from the time have criticised it saying it portrayed them as "coerced into joining the resistance", not joining through patriotism.[2]
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