Keyword: 1940s

Jacquot

7.7

1991

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A boy growing up in Nantes during WW2 around his fathers mechanic workshop has a love for puppet shows and cinema and develops it into his own art. Jacques Demy, the artist at the end of his life, reflects on his childhood influences.

Lucie Aubrac

6.3

1997

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A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from prison on more than one occasion. Based on a true story Lucie Aubrac works as both history lesson and love story.

Herod's Law

7.8

1999

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A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.

Dark Passage

7.6

1947

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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.

School for Secrets

6.5

1946

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During World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.

Saturday Fiction

6.6

2019

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Yu Jin is working undercover gathering intelligence for the Allies.

Exodus

6.8

1960

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The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

The Sign Painter

7.1

2020

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Follows the talented Ansis as he negotiates a national dictatorship in his pursuit of an art career.

Paris Frills

6.2

1945

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Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friends fiancee. But, for the 1st time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

The (Silent) War

5.5

2019

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A rebel revolutionary against Franquists dictatorship who turns deaf after a failed sabotage tries to escape from the military forces who prosecute him.

Dad's Army

7.2

1971

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The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2.

Black Bread

6.9

2010

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In the harsh post-war years Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.