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Army of Shadows

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Army of Shadows
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NR,2hrs 20min
Genres:
Drama,War
Released:
April 28, 2006
Director:
Jean-Pierre Melville
Distributor:
Rialto
Starring:
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel  ...more
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. As they do so, the hero is again captured and his partner killed. Again the hero escapes just before he is executed. He then finds that a female partner has been captured. To avoid having her daughter forced to work in a Nazi brothel, the woman has informed ... Full Synopsis
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David Ansen, NewsWeek
Infused with the bleak romanticism of Melville's gangster movies ("Le Samouraï," "Bob le Flambeur"), and deepened by his own experiences in the Resistance, this hard-bitten tribute to freedom fighters makes most current movies look flabby and undisciplined. Don't miss it. Full Review
Metascore
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99
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 24 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Lino Ventura
Gerbier
Paul Meurisse
Luc
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Francois
Simone Signoret
Mathilde
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