Monsieur Batignole

Monsieur Batignole (2002)

Directed by Gérard Jugnot

1h 40m

Comedy

| Drama

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

Cast

Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot

Edmond Batignole

Jules Sitruk

Jules Sitruk

Simon Bernstein

Michèle Garcia

Michèle Garcia

Marguerite Batignole

Jean-Paul Rouve

Jean-Paul Rouve

Pierre-Jean Lamour

Alexia Portal

Alexia Portal

Micheline Batignole

Violette Blanckaert

Violette Blanckaert

Sarah Cohen

Daphné Baiwir

Daphné Baiwir

Guila Cohen

Götz Burger

Götz Burger

SS Col. Spreich

Élisabeth Commelin

Élisabeth Commelin

Irène

Crew

Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot

Director

Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot

Screenplay

Philippe Lopes-Curval

Philippe Lopes-Curval

Screenplay

Dominique Farrugia

Dominique Farrugia

Producer

Gérard Jugnot

Gérard Jugnot

Producer

Khalil Chahine

Khalil Chahine

Original Music Composer

Gérard Simon

Gérard Simon

Director of Photography

Catherine Kelber

Catherine Kelber

Editor

Jean-Louis Povéda

Jean-Louis Povéda

Production Design

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