SAFE CONDUCT
synopsis
Paris, March 3, 1942. Continental, a German film company managed by Dr. Greven, has been producing French films since 1940. It presents a dilemma for French employees. Is it possible to work there "between the wolf’s jaws, there where it can’t bite you" as if nothing has happened, or is it better to refuse to collaborate and leave? Jean Devaivre, assistant director, makes a point of getting a job at Continental with the ulterior motive of masking his Resistance activities. He’s a man of action, reckless, impulsive and daring. Jean Aurenche, a screenwriter and poet, strives with all his might to avoid working for the Germans. Self-contained, insatiable, curious and torn between three mistresses, he’s a man who takes action with his pen, with his words.
international title: | Safe Conduct |
original title: | Laissez-passer |
country: | France, Germany, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | StudioCanal |
year: | 2002 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bertrand Tavernier |
film run: | 170' |
release date: | FR 09/01/2002, BE 23/01/2002, CZ 11/08/2002, NL 25/08/2002, IT 27/09/2002, ES 27/09/2002, UK 08/11/2002 |
screenplay: | Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Cosmos |
cast: | Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Maria Pitarresi, Marie Gillain, Philippe Saïd |
cinematography by: | Alain Choquart |
film editing: | Sophie Brunet |
art director: | Emile Ghigo |
costumes designer: | Valérie Pozzo di Borgo |
music: | Antoine Duhamel |
producer: | Alain Sarde, Frédéric Bourboulon |
production: | Les Films Alain Sarde, France 3 Cinéma, Little Bear, CP Medien AG, Vertigo Films |
distributor: | BAC Films, 01 Distribution, Curzon Artificial Eye, A-Film Distribution |