A Secret(2007)
A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.
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.
Movie: A Secret
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Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
Tania Stirn / Grimbert
Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg
Louise
François Grimbert at 37 years old
Esther
Guillaume
Le commandant Beraud
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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.
Release Date
2007-10-03
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A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.
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