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FILM: LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES ***1/2 - a study of French collaboration
20 March 2026 LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES ***1/2 (vo French and German) Here is a thorough study of the eternal question of what it is to be a collaborator. In this true story of journalist Jean Luchaire and his actress daughter Corinne, who were known as notorious French collaborators with the Nazis during WWII, […]
Jean Dujardin delivers a striking performance in Les Rayons et les Ombres, a historical drama by Xavier Giannoli that explores the grey area of collaboration under the occupation with depth and nuance.
Illusions persist It is not easy to know by which end to take The rays and shadows as the work is of incredible density during its 3:15h and offers a complex look at its protagonists, Jean and Corinne Luchare as well as Otto Abetz. Before getting into the heart of the subject, therefore, it is better to quickly evoke this [...]
Four years after Illusions Lost, Xavier Giannoli returns to the great fresco with Les Rayons et les Ombres, which explores the sulphurous destiny of the collaborative press boss Jean Luchare. The gesture is laudable, but sinning by an excess of spectacle that ends up damaging him. Xavier Giannoli's post "Les Rayons et les Ombres": "Not bad, no? It's French!" appeared first on Benzine Magazine.
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