The Summer of 1945 saw a devastated Europe at peace, and, amid the ruins, a hunt for wartime collaborators--a search fueled as much by old grudges and fanatical politics as by a quest for justice. Based on a novel by Marcel Ayme, URANUS highlights the petty hatreds and guilty consciences
underlying the five thousand "unofficial" executions of collaborators in France after its liberation by Allied armies.
The setting for the film is a small French village whose main square has been destroyed, ironically, by Allied bombers, and as a result, the solidly middle-class Archambaud (Jean-Pierre Marielle) and his family must share their apartment with those who have bee...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins