Retour à la vie

Sep 14 1949 N/A 2h 0m
Comedy, Drama, War

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.

Plot

Five prisoners ,a woman and four men,return to France after WW2.We follow their rocky road to life.It's a movie which consists of five different stories.Aunt Anna comes back from a concentration camp but her family is more interested in her money; Antoine becomes a waiter in a place commandeered by an English all-female regiment.A wounded German takes refuge in Jean's boarding-house ,he used to be a torturer.Louis,back from war,is feted but his wife has run away with a resistant fighter.René is welcomed by the mayor on the railway station platform ; but he's married to a German woman.

Written by

Charles Spaak, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Ferry

Directed by

André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Impact CVI

Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
284
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA