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  • 1999
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Lucie and Raymond's story is one of love, of the French Resistance in World War II, and of life. Cunning, resourceful, and romantic, Lucie risks her life for what the couple believes in. Her efforts to rescue the husband she passionately loves would seem to spring from the fertile imagination of a novelist... but this film is based on ...

Directed By: Claude Berri

Written By: Lucie Aubrac, Claude Berri

  • 1999
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Lucie Aubrac

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary Lucie and Raymond's story is one of love, of the French Resistance in World War II, and of life. Cunning, resourceful, and romantic, Lucie risks her life for what the couple believes in. Her efforts to rescue the husband she passionately loves would seem to spring from the fertile imagination of a novelist... but this film is based on ...

Directed By: Claude Berri

Written By: Lucie Aubrac, Claude Berri

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
14 Reviews
32% Mixed
7 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
61
64% Positive
14 Reviews
32% Mixed
7 Reviews
5% Negative
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100
This is one not to be missed.
By Barbara Shulgasser FULL REVIEW
80
Stirringly romantic...a gripping period thriller that clicks along without resorting to hyped-up shock effects or gimmicky suspense.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
70
If you like a little action with your war movies, or maybe some butt-kicking Resistance types and a Mission: Impossible-like finale, you won't be disappointed.
By Tom Keogh FULL REVIEW
63
Has too much docudrama and not enough soul.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
60
Aside from isolated flares of unchecked emotion ...Bouquet's Lucie is too far removed from our ken of romance and overriding purpose, or from Berri's for that matter, to be embraced entirely.
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW
50
Handsomely photographed and acted...defiantly old-fashioned testament to the power of love.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
30
Makes for a tiresome antidrama populated mainly by unambiguously good characters who might as well be invulnerable.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), D.A. Films, October Films, Pricel, Renn Productions, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, TF1 Films Production
Release Date Sep 17, 1999
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination

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