Manon

Manon

1949 · 101 min · FR · 7.1 (39 votes)
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · Starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex, Raymond Souplex, André Valmy · Music Paul Misraki
DramaAdventureThriller

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

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A haunting tale of survival and forbidden love amidst the ruins of war. It's a desperate, romantic journey through moral ambiguity and the search for a second chance, set against a backdrop of post-liberation France.

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parisfranceworld war iiillegal immigrationfrench resistancepost world war iiboyfriend girlfriend relationshipnazi collaborationismjewish refugeelost in the desertbrother sister relationship
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