Bras de fer

Complex and more cerebral than a wartime actionthriller this espionage drama focuses on the relationship of two former buddies who were fencing masters before the war and in love with the same woman Now Delancourt Bernard Giraudeau is apparently living a good life managing a gym in a Paris hotel under Nazi control where he meets his former friend Pierre Christophe Malavoy who is on a secret assignment to mislead the Nazis on the date of the Normandie invasion Pierre alias Augustin cannot figure out if Delancourt is a real resistance fighter or if he is a double agent Circumstances create a larger and larger gap between the former friends while the plot goes through several twists and turns before Pierres doubts are resolved