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Feature film — 2007

A Secret (2007)

6.41h 45mDrama

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

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A high-signal pick with 161 votes.

La Région Île-de-France / France 3 Cinéma / Canal+

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Director: Claude Miller

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Cast & crew

Patrick Bruel as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert

Patrick Bruel

Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert

Cécile de France as Tania Stirn / Grimbert

Cécile de France

Tania Stirn / Grimbert

Ludivine Sagnier as Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg

Ludivine Sagnier

Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg

Julie Depardieu as Louise

Julie Depardieu

Louise

Mathieu Amalric as François Grimbert at 37 years old

Mathieu Amalric

François Grimbert at 37 years old

Nathalie Boutefeu as Esther

Nathalie Boutefeu

Esther

Yves Verhoeven as Guillaume

Yves Verhoeven

Guillaume

Yves Jacques as Le commandant Beraud

Yves Jacques

Le commandant Beraud

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Sam Garbarski

Joseph

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Orlando Nicoletti

Simon à 7 ans

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Valentin Vigourt

François à 7 ans

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Quentin Dubuis

François à 14 ans