A Love to Hide
| A Love to Hide | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Screenplay by | Pascal Fontanille Samantha Mazeras |
| Directed by | Christian Faure |
| Starring | Jérémie Renier Charlotte de Turckheim Bruno Todeschini Michel Jonasz Louise Monot Nicolas Gob |
| Music by | Charles Court |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| Production | |
| Producers | François Aramburu Laetitia Bartoli Pascal Fontanille |
| Cinematography | Svetlana Ganeva |
| Editor | Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 2 |
| Release | 7 March 2005 |
A Love to Hide (French title: Un amour à taire) is a 2005 French film made for television, directed by Christian Faure.[1] It is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel.
Plot summary
The story is set in France during the Second World War.
A young Jewish girl, Sarah, attempts to escape persecution by the Third Reich after witnessing her parents and sister being brutally killed by a smuggler who betrays them during an attempt to flee to England. Traumatized, she is taken in by her childhood friend Jean, a gay man who is secretly involved in a relationship with his lover, Philippe.
For a time, they remain safe thanks to Jean’s plan to pass Sarah off as a Christian employee at his laundromat under the name Yvonne. However, a poor decision by Jean’s troublesome brother, Jacques, leads to Jean being falsely accused of having an affair with a German officer. As a result, Jean is arrested and sent to a Nazi labor camp.
Cast
- Jeremie Renier as Jean Lavandier
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Marcelle Lavandier
- Bruno Todeschini as Philippe
- Michel Jonasz as Armand Lavandier
- Louise Monot as Sarah Morgenstern
- Nicolas Gob as Jacques Lavandier
- Olivier Saladin as Breton
- Yulian Vergov as Johann Von Berg
Production
A Love to Hide is the second film of director Christian Faure dealing with homosexuality. He had previously directed Just a Question of Love (2000), a made-for-television film chronicling a love story between two young men.
This is one of few films about the deportation of homosexuals during World War II. (Also see Bent.) A Love to Hide is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel published in 1994.
Reception
The Variety Magazine felt the film was sometimes "over-rigged in script and direction" but nonetheless gave a positive review.[1]
References
- ^ a b Harvey, Dennis (2006-06-26). "A Love to Hide". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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