The title of this movie suggests the difficulty in writing about it. You can't reveal a secret without spoiling it, and in this intriguing, complex family drama spread out over several time frames covering half a century, the secrets keep on coming
A Secret
A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.
2007 · 1h 45m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Claude Miller
Overview
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.
Director and cast
- Claude Miller Director
- Patrick Bruel as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
- Cécile de France as Tania Stirn / Grimbert
- Ludivine Sagnier as Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg
- Julie Depardieu as Louise
- Mathieu Amalric as François Grimbert at 37 years old
- Nathalie Boutefeu as Esther
- Yves Verhoeven as Guillaume
- Yves Jacques as Le commandant Beraud
- Sam Garbarski as Joseph
- Orlando Nicoletti as Simon à 7 ans
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A structural mess that turns contrived just when it should be hitting home.
A Secret is a showcase for great acting.
Suitably tense, sad, and deeply poignant.
A fine drama that stands as Gallic vet Claude Miller's best in at least a decade.
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