About this event
FilmAugust 1942. Amid the German Occupation, the Vichy regime organizes a massive roundup of foreign Jews and gathers them at the Vénissieux internment camp near Lyon. Gilbert Lesage, a young civil servant with the Department of Social Services for Foreigners, is tasked with chairing a screening commission that will decide the prisoners’ fate. A Vichy directive changes everything: unaccompanied children must not be deported. Father Alexandre Glasberg and members of the Amitié chrétienne network then attempt everything, including forging documents and convincing parents to officially “abandon” their children, to save as many as possible before deportation to Drancy.
Language: French - English subtitles.
Allow about 100 minutes for the screening programme.
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Estimated end time: based on the published runtime or typical event duration when no finish is supplied.