A Secret (2007)
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.
Director: Claude Miller
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Patrick Bruel as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert |
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Cécile de France as Tania Stirn / Grimbert |
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Ludivine Sagnier as Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg |
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Julie Depardieu as Louise |
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Mathieu Amalric as François Grimbert at 37 years old |
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Nathalie Boutefeu as Esther |
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Yves Verhoeven as Guillaume |
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Yves Jacques as Le commandant Beraud |
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Sam Garbarski as Joseph |
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Orlando Nicoletti as Simon à 7 ans |
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Valentin Vigourt as François à 7 ans |
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Quentin Dubuis as François à 14 ans |
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Robert Plagnol as Robert Stirn |
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Laura Presgurvic as L'amie de Louise |
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Claire Romain as |
| Directing | Claude Miller | Director |
| Camera | Gérard de Battista | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Claude Miller | Writer |
| Writing | Philippe Grimbert | Novel |
| Writing | Natalie Carter | Writer |
| Sound | Zbigniew Preisner | Music |