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The Army of Crime (2010)

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Date: 20 May 2011 01:23:37
The Army of Crime (2010)

The Army of Crime / L'armée du crime (2010)
DVD9 (VIDEO_TS) | NTSC 16:9 (720 x 480) | 02:18:54 | 7,35 Gb
Audio: French (with some German) - AC3 5.1/2.0 @ 384/192 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Drama, History, War | 1 win | France

A daring band of rebels takes on Nazi forces in Europe in this wartime drama from director Robert Guédiguian. Born in Armenia, Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) had settled in France by the time World War II broke out; a Socialist who stood in fierce opposition to the Axis forces occupying his country, he and a handful of other leftists formed the FTP-MOI, a faction of the French Resistance comprised of immigrants who came to France before the war. Working beside Manouchian was his wife, Mélinée (Virginie Ledoyen), a poet-turned-underground fighter; Marcel (Robinson Stévenin), a Jewish volunteer who is an excellent shot with a rifle; and Thomas (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), a passionate Marxist with a skill for making bombs. Along with several other activists, the FTP-MOI wage a propaganda campaign against the Nazis while targeting selected Axis leaders for execution. But despite their cunning and talent, Manouchian and his partners find it difficult to keep their work a secret, and in time they're found out by a ruthless detective (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) with the Vichy police. L'Armée du Crime (aka The Army of Crime) was based on the true story of a French resistance group dubbed "the Army of Crime" in Vichy propaganda pieces.

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The Army of Crime (2010)

There has never been a dearth of French films about the World War II Resistance movement, including classics from directors Jean-Pierre Melville (Army of Shadows), Louis Malle (Lacombe Lucien), and Bertrand Tavernier (Safe Passage). For the new Resistance saga, Army of Crime, director Robert Guédiguian brings to the screen the true story of a group of fighters of various nationalities, led by Armenian poet Missak Manouchian, whom the German-Armenian Guédiguian grew up idolizing as a hero.

The Army of Crime (2010)

Army of Crime opens with a haunting voice-over refrain, the names of fallen Resistance fighters—all with decidedly un-Gallic names—who “died for France.” The movie's early scenes leisurely depict these nascent freedom fighters in their everyday lives, like Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) with his beautiful French wife (Virginie Ledoyen) before his arrest (for being a communist) and confinement in a prison camp. Only after he's released does he begin his involvement with the underground, which includes young immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Since they don't take orders from others very well, their daring is both their strength and weakness—we see their recklessness paying off against the Nazis, but it's also their downfall as a unit.

The Army of Crime (2010)

Guédiguian's bold, intelligent drama methodically explores the psychology of an array of men and women who throw themselves into hobbling, if not destroying, the Nazi war machine. A pivotal moment comes when Manouchian (who earlier said that he could not kill anyone) takes a grenade and, for the first time, kills several Nazi soldiers. Afterward, he stands over the dead bodies, staring at the carnage he has caused. Although the poet had tried to avoid outright murder, he now realizes that it's the only way to try and prevent the Nazis from winning the war, even if it costs him his own life. Throughout, Guédiguian emphasizes the moral quandary of guerrilla warfare over action or suspense.

The Army of Crime (2010)

For Army of Crime, the director and his collaborators have painstakingly re-created wartime Paris; that verisimilitude—along with a uniformly strong cast—adds to the film's stunning sense of place. Guédiguian also augments original chamber music by French film composer of the moment, Alexandre Desplat, with well-chosen works by Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi. The refreshing complexity of Army of Crime honors the courage of many ordinary men and women who fought and died for their adopted country.
Kevin Filipski, Film Forward
The Army of Crime (2010)

Features interviews with director Guédiguian and stars Simon Abkarian and Virginie Ledoyen.
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