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Plot. In occupied France during World War II, two young Jewish brothers, Maurice and Joseph, are sent by their parents to the Italian Zone, and display courage, intelligence and ingenuity as they escape the occupiers and try to reunite their family.
Mar 23, 2018 · A Bag of Marbles. In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Christian Duguay
- 2018-03-23
Filming Locations. Edit. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. (on location: Nice beach in front of Negresco hotel) 4 of 4 found this interesting. La Brigue, Alpes-Maritimes, France. (some of Rumilly street scenes) 4 of 4 found this interesting. Prague, Czech Republic. (interior sets) 3 of 3 found this interesting. Zatec, Czech Republic. (as Rumilly town)
A Bag of Marbles (French: Un sac de billes) is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French Jewish author Joseph Joffo. It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to the Zone Libre.
- Joseph Joffo
- 1973
Mar 23, 2018 · Adding immeasurably to the film’s tone is composer Armand Amar, who previously scored “Belle & Sebastian,” another family film about a child outwitting Nazis. As the boys first set out on their escape from Paris, there is a sweeping effects shot of a train chugging along a bridge, as the camera closes in on Joseph’s face framed in the ...
Jan 18, 2017 · At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star.
A Bag of Marbles is a 2017 French drama film directed by Christian Duguay, based on the autobiographical novel A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It is the second time the novel has been made into a film after Un sac de billes (1975).
