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.
Patrick Bruel
Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
Cécile de France
Tania Stirn / Grimbert
Ludivine Sagnier
Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg
Julie Depardieu
Louise
Mathieu Amalric
François Grimbert at 37 years old
Nathalie Boutefeu
Esther
Yves Verhoeven
Guillaume
Yves Jacques
Le commandant Beraud
Sam Garbarski
Joseph
Orlando Nicoletti
Simon à 7 ans
Director
Claude Miller
Tagline
"A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret."
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Production
La Région Île-de-France, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+
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