Rent The Sorrow And The Pity (aka Le chagrin et la pitié)
(1969)
Le chagrin et la pitié
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An epic account of the occupation of small French industrial city Clermont-Ferrand by the Germans in World War 2. Ophuls combines interviews along with archive footage to explore the reality of occupation. Speaking to Resistance fighters, collaborators, spies, farmers, government officials, writers, artists and veterans, it is perhaps the most gripping and inspiring portrait of how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances.
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This film of a community under enemy occupation is a salutary lesson in human behaviour.
I am old enough to remember how we British reacted approvingly to the news that those French people who had consorted with the Germans during the war had been metaphorically, if not literally, tarred and feathered by their compatriots at the cessation of hostilities.
The passage of time has made me realise that the fraternisation which had occurred in France could, so easily, have happened here.
I commend this documentary film as a realistic commentary upon the human condition.
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Rated: 3.6 stars out of 5 from 89 ratings
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Videos exempt from classification by the British Board of Film Classification
| Release Date: | 27/09/2004 |
| Production Year: | 1969 |
| Run Time: | 249 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | B & W |
Special Features:
- Interview at the NFT with Marcel Ophuls
