Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain
Set in 1944, this film follows a five-woman commando unit which parachutes into occupied France on a dangerous mission.
Stats: 238 reviews
basically this film should've been called "how many times can some women botch an assassination?" but it was solid and evocative
A welcome return to those classic WW2 movies of yester years.Good build up and great tension and some good performances from the female cast.The movie felt like the old war movies i use to watched wheni was a kid and thats one of the reason i have given this movie a high score.Be...( read more)
Soooooooooooo bad. I can't really think about a single good thing in this film. One more stupid, brain dead, one-sided movie about the heroic resistance against the big bad Nazis.
TEDIOUS
It's hard to go wrong with such great source material (based on real events) and apart from the odd bit of miscasting (Moritz Bleibtreu is FAR too cuddly to play a convincing Nazi), occasional plot hole and period cliche (inevitable with such a well-familiar genre) Female Agents,...( read more)
Watchably decent female spy movie. Great plot and all very nicely done but it did leave me wanting just a bit more...
This war thriller is incrediblily and inspired by the multi-decorated wartime agent Lisa Villameur, director Jean-Paul Salome's beautifully nuanced film focused on the remarkable behaviour of women whose actions were often overlooked in favour of their male counterparts. The thri...( read more)
Very intelligent movie with quite a sad outcome, portrays the lives of the female spy's during WWII.
Intense...interesting story hadn't heard from WW2. From what I could gather (mostly by viewing, not being able to understand all the French), it is a very French film.
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