Exiled Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian), living in occupied Paris with his wife, Melinee (Virginie Ledoyen), takes charge of an underground resistance unit determined to fight the Nazi occupiers. Though a pacifist, he feels compelled to take action with a group of mostly young hotheads from all parts of the world, barely out of their teens. The Germans rely on the French police to quell the insurgents at first, but after the murder of a high-ranking general they ramp up the pressure and Manouchian and his people are caught and tortured. Their case is put on the famous Red Poster distributed throughout France in which they are denounced as The Army of Crime.
Director:
Robert Guédiguian
Year:
2009
Country:
Fra
Cast:
Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin
Classification:
16
Certification:
V