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<i>A Bag of Marbles</i> (2017 film)

A Bag of Marbles (2017 film)

2017 French drama film


A Bag of Marbles (French: Un sac de billes) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Christian Duguay, based on the autobiographical novel A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It is the second time the novel has been made into a film after Un sac de billes (1975). The film won the Best Narrative Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 37.[2] The film was also a jury prize competitor at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.[3]

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Plot

In occupied France during World War II, two young Jewish brothers, Maurice and Joseph, are sent by their parents to the Italian Zone, and display courage, intelligence and ingenuity as they escape the occupiers and try to reunite their family.

At the very end of the film, Maurice and Joseph, who became barbers like their father, are shown in the present day (2017) in a Paris cafe.

Cast and characters

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

Hannah Brown of The Jerusalem Post called A Bag of Marbles "One of the best movies told about the holocaust from a child’s point of view".[6]

The film was shot in the south of France and in Žatec, Czech Republic.


References

  1. "Un sac de billes (2017)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. "Audience Award Winners" Archived 3 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival.
  3. Brown, Hannah (13 April 2017). "Roll with 'A Bag of Marbles'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 July 2021.



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