This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Acting
Blanchett's face does three wars at once.
Costume
1940s knitwear porn, honestly.
Direction
Gillian Armstrong makes suffering look gorgeous.
Director
Gillian Armstrong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sebastian Faulks hated this adaptation so much he wrote a whole new ending for the BBC radio version years later.
This was part of a weird 2001 trend of 'serious' WWII romances—Pearl Harbor, Enigma, Captain Corelli—all bombing with critics but Cate still got her Oscar nomination streak.
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