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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   1,785 votes
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Director:
Jean-Paul Salomé
Writers:
Jean-Paul Salomé (writer)
Laurent Vachaud (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 March 2008 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Plot:
In May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Unusual and well told more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sophie Marceau ... Louise Desfontaines
Julie Depardieu ... Jeanne Faussier

Marie Gillain ... Suzy Desprez
Déborah François ... Gaëlle Lemenech
Moritz Bleibtreu ... SS Colonel Heindrich

Maya Sansa ... Maria Luzzato
Julien Boisselier ... Pierre Desfontaines
Vincent Rottiers ... Eddy

Volker Bruch ... Lieutenant Becker
Robin Renucci ... Melchior
Xavier Beauvois ... Charles Granville

Colin David Reese ... Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
Jurgen Mash ... Gerd Von Rundstedt
Conrad Cecil ... Le géologue anglais
Alexandre Jazede ... René Bourienne
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Female Agents (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Germany:117 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | German | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | France:U (with warning)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: The film portrays events leading up to the events of D-Day, yet the aircraft parachuting the girls into France displays invasion stripes, which were painted onto aircraft at the time of the D-Day landings to ease recognition of Allied aircraft. more

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12 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Unusual and well told, 8 October 2008
7/10
Author: intelearts from the big screen

Female Agents is one of the very few war films that concentrates on women as soldiers rather than wives waiting for returning men.

Based around the SOE operations towards the end of WWII this is a very well-made and well thought out offering.

Very well shot and lit, with good detailing in both set and costume, this is really a character piece as well as an action film; Sofie Marceau shines as the level-headed leader determined to carry out her mission and the rest of the cast are up to her standard.

It doesn't have a Hallmark moment in it, but chooses bleakness and some harrowing (But not horrific) scenes that mean it remains a good tense war film.

Recommended.

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