L'antiquaire (2015)
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Anna Sigalevitch, Michel Bouquet, Robert Hirsch, François Berléand
A young French journalist investigates a long-concealed family affair after discovering that her family once owned a painting by Jacques-Laurent Agasse.
The story
French journalist Esther Stegmann accidentally discovers that her family owned a painting by Jacques-Laurent Agasse before the war. She begins investigating to understand the background of a long-concealed family affair. The film also depicts the wartime dispossession of Jewish people, including the loss of artworks and real estate.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The young French journalist Esther Stegmann accidentally discovers that her family owned a painting by the artist Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849) before the war. She sets out to investigate and understand the ins and outs of a long-concealed family affair. The film depicts the dispossession of Jewish people of their property—works of art and real estate—during the Second World War. It is inspired by a true story: Sophie Seligmann’s search for the property of her grandfather, Jean-Albert Seligmann, born in 1903, who was executed by firing squad at Mont-Valérien on .
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