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Bertrand Tavernier's tribute to France's wartime film industry is a sprawling, semi-biographical account of two real-life filmmakers who both found work during darkest days the German occupation. One, Jean Aurenche (Denis Podalydes), wrote screenplays for French films while firmly resisting any sort of collaboration, while the other, Jean Devaivre (Jacques Gamblin) went to work for the enemy as an assistant director at the German-run Continental production company. Screenwriter Aurenche jumps from studio to studio in much the same way that he moves from woman to woman, and manages to avoid committing himself on either front. A man of integrity, Aurenche does all he c...