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French drama by noted director Claude Miller about the uncovering of a family secret to do with a group of Jews who were being sought by the Nazis in Paris.  The story is seen through the eyes of a son subsequently born to the family who realizes something is amiss and that there is hidden guilt waiting to be uncovered.  The direction is good and the photography is immaculate, Zbigniew Preisner pens some nice music and you cannot complain too much about a raft of top French actors.  So, what is the problem?  Well, for all the care taken, the film comes across as being all rather cold and superficial.  Cecile de France, Patrick Bruel and Julie Depardieu do what they can but it is not enough to rescue this story from a flat treatment.

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