Synopsis
Jean-Claude Montagné repeats the pilgrimage the pathway which led him, in 1942, to cross Pyrenees without training and in costume to join, at the age of twenty, the French fighting forces in AFN. As more than twenty thousand refractory young on Compulsory Work Service, he undergoes a hard internment in the pro-Franco gaols. Freed in exchange of a food aid granted by the allies in Spain, these French escapees immediately made a commitment to resume the fight. He tell their adventure illustrated by archive documents and commented by professor Robert Belot, historian of the resistance.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Les Productions de l'Ours
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriters : Jean-Claude Montagné, Guy Montagné
- Editor : Jean-Christophe Cresp
- Sound recordists : Frédéric Gendre, Lionel Garbarini
- Voice-over : Sylvie Raboutet
- Production Manager : Guy Montagné
- Sound Mixer : Philippe Lavy
- Participant : Sylvie Raboutet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Literary adaptation
- Themes : War, History, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 52 min
- Visa number : 138.711
- Visa issue date : 13/12/2013
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Adapted from : Les Lettres jamais écrites by Jean-Claude Montagné.
Resources
Presskit(1)
Website(1)
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