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Monsieur Batignole (2002)

Monsieur Batignole (2002)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 2002, March 6
Directors: Gérard Jugnot
Countries: France
Production: TF1 Films Production, Novo Arturo Films, RF2K Productions, Turkhoise
Cast: Wolfgang Pissors, Hubert Saint-Macary, Ticky Holgado, Daniel Martin, Philippe du Janerand, Élisabeth Commelin, Eric Moreau, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Jugnot, Damien Jouillerot, Roland Marchisio, Michel Scourneau

Overview:

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

Keywords:

child protection world war ii 1940s escape paris, france jew persecution occupied france (1940-44) escape agent