A Bag of Marbles – a film by Christian Duguay

Thursday 16 July 202020Thursday 16 July 2020

 the Shoah Memorial invites you to see the film "A Bag of Marbles"

A Bag of Marbles a film by Christian Duguay, French – Canadian – Czech, 2017, 1h54 min.

with Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel

Synopsis:

In Paris, during the winter, during the Second World War, Roman Joffo, hairdresser, his wife Anna and their four sons live under the laws of Vichy. Jews, they are now forced to wear the yellow star and suffer railleries and sometimes insults. As the situation worsens and the older brothers want to go bush, Roman and Anna decide to place their youngest children, Maurice and Joseph in a free zone in Nice. For the two boys, it is the beginning of a journey through occupied France.

Presentation below of the film by Frank Joffo, son of Joseph Joffo, author of the book A Bag of Marbles (1973) and actor:

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A bag of marbles