Memoir of War

Aug 17, 2017

2h 6m

★ 6.1

From the life of Marguerite Duras

Overview

In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinéfrance Studios

Les Films du Poisson

KNM

France 3 Cinéma

Versus Production

Need Productions

Same Player

Proximus

Fondation Carac

CNC

Canal+

OCS

France Télévisions

SofiTVciné 4

Cinémage 11

Sonia Films

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Cast

Marguerite Duras

Mélanie Thierry

Pierre Rabier

Benoît Magimel

Dionys Mascolo

Benjamin Biolay

François Morland

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Robert Antelme

Emmanuel Bourdieu

Mme. Bordes

Anne-Lise Heimburger

Beauchamp

Patrick Lizana

Mme. Katz

Shulamit Adar

Thérèse

Joanna Grudzinska

Secretary at Gallimard

Elsa Amiel

Une femme dans la chambre des déportés

Garance Chansigaud

Déporté

Vincent Mertens

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