Army of Shadows (2006)
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- Synopsis
- In this war drama set during the French Resistance of WW II, a courageous fighter escapes Gestapo headquarters and returns to Marseille. There he and his gang capture a traitor and throttle him. They then try to rescue a Resistance fighter in Lyons....
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- Director(s)
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Distributor(s)
- Rialto Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 140 min.
Critic Reviews
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
The results bear witness to a time when sacrifice was bleached of everything but itself.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
This restored 35mm print, now in art theaters around the country, may be 37 years old, but it is the best foreign film of the year.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
As someone who was part of the Resistance, Melville knew enough to neither melodramatically glorify nor cynically devalue the heroism he presents. This is people doing what needed to be done, Army of Shadows says, this is the way it was.Read the full review
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