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Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War.
- Awards
- 15 nominations
Barouch Rafiq
- Un déporté
- (as Baruch Rafic)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOfficial submission of France for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 91st Academy Awards in 2019, but was not nominated.
- ConnectionsReferences The Great Dictator (1940)
- SoundtracksLENTO E DESERTO
extrait du "CONCERTO POUR PIANO ET ORCHESTRE" Ligeti Project
Composed by György Ligeti
© Schott Music GmbH Co KG
(p) 2001 Teldec Classics, a Warner Music UK Division
Avec l'autorisation d'Alphonse Leduc Editions Musicales et Warner Music France, A Warner Music group Company.
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******* Chick Flick
"Memoir Of War" is a woman's picture in the true sense of the term. Women can understand the agony of waiting for their husband or other male relative to return from war, or in this case, from a concentration camp. Waiting and waiting and waiting - for some word, some hope, some encouragement. Daily trips to the train station provide no help as day after day goes by. Melanie Thierry is outstanding as Marguerite, who waits patiently for her husband to return. The war is over and she scans the returnees at the train station each day.
It is not a war picture in the strict sense of the term and there are no battle scenes, or even a fight worth mentioning. It is a character study ... but c'mon. Enough is enough. The film could have used a heavier hand in the cutting room, as it is about 30 minutes too long. I was beginning to hope he would show up dead or alive and end the interminable wait. I base my rating on the caliber of the acting performances, especially Ms. Thierry and Shulamit Adar, who plays a neighbor who comes to stay with her. But for these outstanding performances I would have opted for a six rating.
7/10 - Website no longer prints my star rating.
It is not a war picture in the strict sense of the term and there are no battle scenes, or even a fight worth mentioning. It is a character study ... but c'mon. Enough is enough. The film could have used a heavier hand in the cutting room, as it is about 30 minutes too long. I was beginning to hope he would show up dead or alive and end the interminable wait. I base my rating on the caliber of the acting performances, especially Ms. Thierry and Shulamit Adar, who plays a neighbor who comes to stay with her. But for these outstanding performances I would have opted for a six rating.
7/10 - Website no longer prints my star rating.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Memoir of Pain
- Filming locations
- Paris, France(setting of most of the action)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- €6,563,754 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $103,636
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,653
- Aug 19, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $2,980,982
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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