Rent Laissez-Passer (2002)
3.5 of 5 from 84 ratings
2h 43min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Based on true events, Bertrand Tavernier's epic new film enthrallingly depicts one of France's most controversial periods in history - the early 1940's during the Nazi occupation - against the background of the French film industry. Set in Paris, the story follows two men who struggle to maintain their integrity while working for the German controlled Continental Film Studios. Aurenche (Denis Podalydes) is a writer with a complicated love life who injects his scripts with subversive messages, while assistant director Devaivre (Jacques Gamblin) uses his position as a cover for his increasingly hazardous activities with the resistance. Vividly recreating the day-to-day danger, fear and uncertainty of wartime France, 'Laissez-Passer' is a fascinating and engrossing film from the filmmaker Martin Scorsese described as one of France's leading directors. - Actors:
- Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Ged Marlon, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Laurent Schilling, Maria Pitarresi, Christian Berkel, Richard Sammel, Marie Gillain, Olivier Gourmet, Philippe Saïd, Liliane Rovère, Götz Burger, Serge Riaboukine, Didier Sauvegrain, Thierry Gibault, Christophe Odent, Olivier Brun
- Directors:
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Producers:
- Frédéric Bourboulon, Alain Sarde
- Writers:
- Jean Cosmos, Jean-Devaivre, Bertrand Tavernier
- Others:
- Antoine Duhamel
- Aka:
- Safe Conduct
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Collections:
- A History of Films about Film: Part 2, A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Catherine Deneuve, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Claude Chabrol
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 170 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making Of
- Deleted Scenes
More like Laissez-Passer
Found in these customers lists
314 films by acu
Reviews (3) of Laissez-Passer
a different view on the occupation - Laissez-Passer review by CP Customer
I thought that was a well acted and quite ambiguous film on people trying to continue their lives and continue their job (making films) while not compromising too much.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
One of Tavernier's best - Laissez-Passer review by GPH
Long but not a minute too much so. The characters, drawn from life in the French film industry during the Occupation, are complex and involving, the story is by turns serious and funny and endlessly subtle, the acting and direction impeccable. So absorbing that one can almost forget that one's watching a film. None better on coping in France in the early 1940s.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.
Interesting but VERY long and slow French film re film industry there during WWII - Laissez-Passer review by PV
I found this VERY slow and long and meandering.
Interesting and entertaining in parts, but just too flabby and bloated and long.
Sad to say that made me lose interest. If you're in the mood for a slow character-based French film, this is for you.
About the French film industry during WWII.
No more than 3 stars
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.