A Love to Hide
A Love to Hide | |
---|---|
Directed by | Christian Faure |
Screenplay by | Pascal Fontanille Samantha Mazeras |
Produced by | François Aramburu Laetitia Bartoli Pascal Fontanille |
Starring | Jérémie Renier Charlotte de Turckheim Bruno Todeschini Michel Jonasz Louise Monot Nicolas Gob |
Cinematography | Svetlana Ganeva |
Edited by | Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez |
Music by | Charles Court |
Release date | 7 March 2005 (France) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
A Love to Hide (French title: Un amour à taire) is a 2005 French film made for television, directed by Christian Faure.[1] It is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel.
Plot summary
The action takes place in
A young Jewish girl, Sarah, is looking to escape the clutches of the
They are safe for the moment, thanks to Jean's plan to pass her off as a Christian employee of his laundromat, under the name Yvonne. However, a bad decision made by Jean's troublesome brother Jacques causes Jean to be wrongly accused of being the lover of a German officer. Jean is then forced into a Nazi labor camp.
Cast
- Jeremie Renieras Jean Lavandier
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Marcelle Lavandier
- Bruno Todeschini as Philippe
- Michel Jonasz as Armand Lavandier
- Louise Monot as Sarah Morgenstern
- Nicolas Gob as Jacques Lavandier
- Olivier Saladin as Breton
- Yulian Vergovas Johann Von Berg
Production
A Love to Hide is the second film of director Christian Faure dealing with homosexuality. He had previously directed Just a Question of Love (2000), a made-for-television film chronicling a love story between two young men.
This is one of few films about the deportation of homosexuals during World War II. (Also see Bent.) A Love to Hide is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel published in 1994.
Reception
The
References
- ^ Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
External links
- A Love to Hide at IMDb