

Memoir of War
From the life of Marguerite Duras
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
Cast

Mélanie Thierry
Marguerite Duras

Benoît Magimel
Pierre Rabier

Benjamin Biolay
Dionys Mascolo

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
François Morland

Emmanuel Bourdieu
Robert Antelme

Anne-Lise Heimburger
Mme. Bordes
Patrick Lizana
Beauchamp

Shulamit Adar
Mme. Katz

Joanna Grudzinska
Thérèse
Elsa Amiel
Secretary at Gallimard

Garance Chansigaud
Une femme dans la chambre des déportés

Vincent Mertens
Déporté
Storyline
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
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