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The Rays and Shadows

7.5 average rating
7.5
French / 199 MIN. / 2026

The Genres

The Synopsis

Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.

The Cast

Jean DujardinNastya Golubeva CaraxAugust DiehlOlivier ChantreauAnna PróchniakLucile VignollesChloé AstorVincent ColombeMaria Cavalier-BazanValeriu AndriuțăFrançois de BrauerMeherio PatouxElina LöwensohnAndré MarconPhilippe TorretonÉric De StaerckeColette CrouzetNicolas LumbrerasPhilippe LévyBogdan ZamfirSantiago Godoy-GiraldoJochen HägeleOliver BigalkeFranz LangNicolas Biaud-MauduitNicolas AvinéeÉric Herson-MacarelGiorgia SinicorniMarkus SchleinzerArmand EloiPhilipp WeissertAlban AumardMike MaasRodolphe SandAurore BroutinFabrice DelormeStéphane AvrilDamien GouyDavid BaalckeJacques LedranMathilde BissonAmra GuthlebenElise DiamantCatherine LairaudÉmilie PiersonFabienne BoutinSylvain Saint-JalmesChristian SchwedaChris ZasteraSimon DuboisLionel AlesAurélien LorgnierEmmanuel GeorgesVincent LagaheJean Pierre HorcholleNicolas BenoistKatia CrivellariNicolas de LavergneFrédéric LiévainAntoine PinquierThomas ArnaudFabien JegoudezAlexandre RudelPauline SagetatAugust Brisson-IngemarrsonGustaf Brisson-IngemarssonLouis MahéDaniel GarlitskyKate ArleyMathieu BrassierAdèle MontebourgSimone MumfordSara NovakXavier PitoisClément VanmelLucas Varoclier

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