Marie et Madeleine (2008)
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Michèle Bernier, Carole Richert, Sandy Lobry, Élodie Fontan
On the eve of the landings, a Resistance member and her brother flee with stolen German secrets and seek shelter in a convent.
The story
A few days before the landings, Madeleine, known as Mado, is a member of the Resistance and a prostitute at the Les Bleuets brothel in Dieppe. She knocks out a German officer who has strategic secrets. Her brother Julien, also in the Resistance and hiding weapons at Les Bleuets, comes to her aid and takes the officer’s secret papers. To escape the Nazis, the siblings take refuge with the women from the brothel in a convent run by Sister Suzanne. There they meet Marie, a novice.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A few days before the landings, Madeleine, known as Mado (Sandy Lobry), a member of the Resistance and a prostitute at the Les Bleuets brothel in Dieppe, knocks out a German officer who possesses strategic secrets. Her brother Julien (Renaud Cestre), also a member of the Resistance and at Les Bleuets at the time, where he is hiding weapons, comes to his sister’s aid and takes the German’s secret papers as he does so. To escape the Nazis, Mado and Julien take refuge with the girls from Les Bleuets in a convent run by Sister Suzanne (Michèle Bernier), where they meet Marie (Élodie Fontan), a novice.
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