Monsieur Batignole (2002)

Monsieur Batignole (2002)

2002-03-06 France 100 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Gérard Jugnot is Edmond Batignole
Edmond Batignole
Jules Sitruk is Simon Bernstein
Simon Bernstein
Michèle Garcia is Marguerite Batignole
Marguerite Batignole
Jean-Paul Rouve is Pierre-Jean Lamour
Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal is Micheline Batignole
Micheline Batignole
Violette Blanckaert is Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir is Guila Cohen
Guila Cohen
Götz Burger is SS Col. Spreich
SS Col. Spreich
Hubert Saint-Macary is Gendarmerie lieutenant
Gendarmerie lieutenant
Daniel Martin is Brigadier Albert
Brigadier Albert
Nadine Spinoza is Rachel Bernstein
Rachel Bernstein