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A Secret

"A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret."

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

Top Cast

  • Patrick Bruel

    Patrick Bruel

    Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert

  • Cécile de France

    Cécile de France

    Tania Stirn / Grimbert

  • Ludivine Sagnier

    Ludivine Sagnier

    Hannah Golda Stirn / Grinberg

  • Julie Depardieu

    Julie Depardieu

    Louise

  • Mathieu Amalric

    Mathieu Amalric

    François Grimbert at 37 years old

  • Nathalie Boutefeu

    Nathalie Boutefeu

    Esther

  • Yves Verhoeven

    Yves Verhoeven

    Guillaume

  • Yves Jacques

    Yves Jacques

    Le commandant Beraud

  • Sam Garbarski

    Sam Garbarski

    Joseph

Overview

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

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