Monsieur Batignole (2002)

  • NR
  • 10/30/2002 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 40m

Overview

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

Gérard Jugnot

Director, Screenplay

Philippe Lopes-Curval

Screenplay

Cast

Gérard Jugnot's headshot

Gérard Jugnot

Edmond Batignole
Jules Sitruk's headshot

Jules Sitruk

Simon Bernstein
Michèle Garcia's headshot

Michèle Garcia

Marguerite Batignole
Jean-Paul Rouve's headshot

Jean-Paul Rouve

Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal's headshot

Alexia Portal

Micheline Batignole
Violette Blanckaert's headshot

Violette Blanckaert

Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir's headshot

Daphné Baiwir

Guila Cohen
Götz Burger's headshot

Götz Burger

SS Col. Spreich

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