A Secret

2007 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 3,377 VOTES · DIR. Claude Miller

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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.

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Dialogue Timeline — 907 lines

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00:00:39 THIS STORY AND ITS MAIN CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.
00:07:41 Then come do the rings with me.
00:10:11 Aren't you sad not to have kids?
00:14:57 might make him sad.
00:17:02 Hear that? 'Sir Grimbert'.
00:21:47 GENERAL MOBILIZATION FIGHTING ON THE GERMAN-POLISH FRONT
00:28:06 Is she a Yid? - I didn't ask.
00:32:39 Maybe you do, but I don't. Nor does Simon.
00:35:34 Don't you look lovely.
00:41:43 Drive safely.
00:45:49 Don't burn yourself.
00:48:43 'Or even leave Lyon and join the family in Paris.
00:51:25 Alone I can't manage.
00:54:56 There they go again.
00:57:05 She didn't mean to.
01:02:13 Mr. Maxime
01:05:44 Mommy. A letter.
01:09:28 You scared me.
01:12:50 If Robert comes home wounded, I have to tend to him.
01:21:28 They'll come back.
01:28:04 This morning, I thought about what we'd cook:
01:35:48 4 pounds, 8 ounces. Not much.
01:39:40 I hoped I'd freed them of their secret.
10:20:14 A week at Pithiviers transit camp.

Cast & Characters

Cécile de France Tania Stirn Cécile de France Grimbert Patrick Bruel Maxime Nathan Grinberg Patrick Bruel Grimbert Ludivine Sagnier Hannah Golda Stirn Ludivine Sagnier Grinberg Julie Depardieu Louise Mathieu Amalric François Grimbert à 37 ans Nathalie Boutefeu Esther Yves Verhoeven Georges Yves Jacques Commandant Béraud Sam Garbarski Joseph

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed907
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:39
Final line10:20:14

Production Record

DirectorClaude Miller
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes3,377