The story of Georges Mandel, an anti-Nazi French parliamentarian who refused to abdicate to the Vichy regime.
Acting
Villeret's trembling dignity — never showy, always devastating.
Direction
Goretta traps you in rooms where history suffocates.
Director
Claude Goretta
Jacques Villeret
Georges Mandel
Catherine Frot
Béatrice Bretty
Émilie Delaunay
Claude Mandel
Jean Davy
Maréchal Pétain
Victor Garrivier
Léon Blum
Geoffrey Bateman
Le général Spears
Jean Lescot
Le directeur de l'école
Pierre Baillot
Le médecin Clément
Gérard Croce
L'homme ministère PTT
Maurice Antoni
L'huissier préfecture de Bordeaux
Pierre Banderet
Le gardien de la Santé
Jean-Pol Brissart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jacques Villeret was primarily known for comedy; this was his dramatic pivot, and he reportedly wept reading Mandel's actual letters.
Released during the 'Papon trial' era when France finally confronted Vichy collaboration — the film's timing was politically explosive.
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