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Les âmes grises (2005)

106 min · Drama

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Directors

Yves Angelo

Cast

Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Marina Hands, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz, Serge Riaboukine, Thomas Blanchard, Agnès Sourdillon

A little girl’s murder unsettles a village near the front line in the winter of 1917.

The story

During the winter of 1917, the murder of a little girl known as the young “Belle de Jour” throws a peaceful village near the front line into turmoil. A mysterious, suspicious prosecutor named Destinat, the cynical judge Mierck, and Colonel Matziev, his unsettling associate, are drawn into the crime. A police officer, horrified by what he discovers, investigates while also living through a personal tragedy.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

During the winter of 1917, the murder of a little girl, the young “Belle de Jour,” throws a peaceful village not far from the front line into turmoil. Destinat, the mysterious and suspicious prosecutor, the cynical judge Mierck, and his unsettling associate, Colonel Matziev, are all drawn into the crime. Horrified by what he discovers, a police officer investigates while living through a personal tragedy.

Genres

Drama

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