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Monday, January 16 at 2:30pm Coral Gables Art Cinema
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Streaming January 17-25, 2023 Digital Screening Room

France | 93 minutes | 2022

Story of Annette Zelman

North American Premiere

The nostalgic aura of old-fashioned wartime romances envelopes this engaging and handsomely produced drama set in Nazi-occupied Paris that for the first time brings to light the tragic love story of Annette Zelman and Jean Jausion, whose affair was denounced to the Gestapo. It all started like any youthful, carefree courtship. While students at a French art school, Annette Zelman caught the eye of Jean Jausion. They quickly fell in love and fate seemed to be smiling on them. But the young man’s father could not tolerate the idea of their romance and unbeknownst to Jean, reported Annette’s Jewish identity to the Gestapo. Soon after, she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, and Jean was driven to despair by her disappearance and his father’s responsibility. A quintessential statement on love and romance during wartime, this riveting drama presents a story of extraordinary quality based on actual events recounted in the book Dénoncer les Juifs sous l'Occupation (Informing on Jews during the Occupation) by Laurent Joly.

Director's Bio

Directed by Philippe Le Guay

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Philippe Le Guay is a French screenwriter, film director, and actor. He studied film at the IDHEC and began his career as a screenwriter before directing his first feature film Les Deux Fragonard (1989). He is best known for his films The Women on the 6th Floor (2010), which was a French box office hit, and the César Award-nominated Bicycling with Molière (2013). The Story of Annette Zelman is Philippe’s sixteenth feature film in a career that has spanned nearly four decades.

Cast and Credits

Director

Philippe Le Guay

Screenwriter

Emmanuel Salinger

Cinematographer

Pénélope Pourriat

Editor

Monica Coleman

Cast

Vassili Schneider, Ilona Bachelier, Julie Gayet, Laurent Lucas

Film Info

Year

2022

Country

France

Run-time

93 minutes

Language

French with English subtitles
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