(A LOVE TO BE CONCELAED)
Jeremie Renier, Louise Monot, Bruno Todeschini, Nicholas Gob
TV 5
Spring 1942 - Sarah, Jean and Philippe are between 20 and 30 years old. Sarah is Jewish. Jean and Philippe are a gay couple. Setting is during the German occupation of France under the Vichy government. Things take a bad turn when Jean is arrested and put on a train along with the Jews. His 'crime' - he is a member of the 3rd sex. His hardships begin at the labor camps where he renders tough menial jobs to 'rehabilitate' him.
A rather sensitive subject but the film dealt with it without any vulgar undertones. There were 100,00 members of the gay community all over France who were taken to several camps for re-doctrination. The purpose was to cleanse the Aryan race. Gruesome and very horrible facts really but unfortunately it is part of Europe's disturbing past.
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