A Love to Hide
| A Love to Hide | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Screenplay by | Pascal Fontanille Samantha Mazeras |
| Directed by | Christian Faure |
| Starring | Jérémie Renier Charlotte de Turckheim Bruno Todeschini Michel Jonasz Louise Monot Nicolas Gob |
| Music by | Charles Court |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| Production | |
| Producers | François Aramburu Laetitia Bartoli Pascal Fontanille |
| Cinematography | Svetlana Ganeva |
| Editor | Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 7 March 2005 |
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
[edit]The action takes place in France during the Second World War.
A young Jewish girl, Sarah, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood friend Jean, a homosexual in a clandestine relationship with his lover Philippe.
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
[edit]- Jeremie Renier as 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 Vergov as Johann Von Berg
Production
[edit]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
[edit]The Variety Magazine felt the film was sometimes "over-rigged in script and direction" but nonetheless gave a positive review.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Harvey, Dennis (2006-06-26). "A Love to Hide". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
External links
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