Une enfance volée : L'affaire Finaly (2008)
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Cast
Charlotte de Turckheim, Pierre Cassignard, Jean-Marie Winling, Titouan Gorzegno, Elisabeth Macocco, Valentin Pradelle
A postwar aunt’s search for her nephews leads to a confrontation with the boys’ guardian.
The story
In 1944, young Gérald and Robert are hidden in a Grenoble nursery while their Jewish parents are deported. After the Second World War, their aunt searches for them and seeks help from Moïse Keller, an old friend in Grenoble. Keller finds the boys, but their official guardian, Antoinette Brun, is hostile and categorically refuses to hand them over to their aunt.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1944, two young children, Gérald and Robert, are hidden in a nursery in Grenoble while their Jewish parents are deported. After the Second World War, the boys’ aunt tries to find her nephews. She turns to Moïse Keller, an old friend who lives in Grenoble. He quickly tracks down Gérald and Robert, but faces hostility from Antoinette Brun, the boys’ official guardian. She categorically refuses to hand them over to their aunt. Using every stratagem at her disposal, Antoinette Brun even wins the support of local dignitaries. When she has Gérald and Robert baptized, a scandal erupts. The case ends up in court, but takes several years to be resolved.
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