Title: An officer and spy
Original Title: J'accuse
Year: 2019
Info
- Country: France Italy
- Length: 132 Minutes (2 hours 12 min)
- Budget: €25,000,000
- Genre: Drama History Thriller
- Studios: Canal+ France 2 Cinéma
- Distributor: Caramel Films
Plot
'An Officer and a Spy' developed in 1894, when the French captain Alfred Dreyfus (Louis Garrel), a young Jewish officer who is treason to the state for spying on German, therefore, sentenced to life in prison on Devil´s Island in French Guiana. Among the witnesses who were responsible for Dreyfus' conviction was Colonel Georges Picquart (Jean Dujardin), named as leader of the counterintelligence unit that discovered the spy. However, when he learns that the French continue to pass military secrets to the Germans, Picquart will plunge into a dangerous maze of lies and corruption, endangering not only his honor, but also his life. The film goes around one of the most important chapters of the French history and literature, the Dreyfus case, which moved the French society of the end of the 19th Century. The case sent Emile Zola to exile and transforms itself in a typical narrative element of Proust's 'Looking for the lost time'. It is based on Robert Harris' novel 'An Officer and a Spy' and is written and directed by Roman Polanski, who reports in a strong way the meanness and inclemency of a system tainted by the nationalism and the irrational hate to the different person. It is a case of pure intolerance of people who don't accept the differences between human beings.
Awards
- 2021 Goya Awards: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Georges Picquart
General Billot
Videos
November 9 2019
Photos
Trivia
Based on a book
The film is based on Robert Harris' book 'An officer and a spy', published in 2013.
Together again
Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner previously appeared together in La escafandra y la mariposa (2007), La venus de las pieles (2013) and Van Gogh, a las puertas de la eternidad (2018).
The problems with French authorities
France's Equality minister Marlene Schiappa said that she would not see the film, a sentiment seconded by President Emmanuel Macron's spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye. Culture minister Franck Riester said that Polanski's past actions should be taken into account moving forward. "A work, however great it is, does not excuse the possible mistakes of its author. Talent is not a mitigating circumstance; genius, not a guarantee of impunity," he said. However, Prime minister Edouard Philippe said he would go see the film with his children as it touches on an important event in France's history.
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