Monsieur Batignole
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2002-03-06
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Gérard Jugnot
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: Monsieur Batignole
Production Companies: TF1 Films Production, Novo Arturo Films, RF2K Productions, Turkhoise
Production Countries: France
Cast
Gérard Jugnot
Jules Sitruk
Michèle Garcia
Jean-Paul Rouve
Alexia Portal
Violette Blanckaert
Daphné Baiwir
Götz Burger
Élisabeth Commelin
Hubert Saint-Macary
Daniel Martin
Nadine Spinoza
Damien Jouillerot
Philippe du Janerand
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