Army of Crime

Army of Crime

L'armée du crime

directed by
Robert Guédiguian
with
Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin

This superbly realized ensemble piece looks at the loose alliance of left-wingers and Communists who formed a factional part of the French Resistance. Guédiguian abandons his usual Marseille-based domestic dramas to paint on a larger historical and social canvas, building an absorbing tale around Armenian poet Missak Manouchian. The title is a nod to Melville’s ‘Army of Shadows’ and carries the same narrative wallop while updating a significant and still all-too-vivid period of French history.

 


“Consistently exciting…morally engaging”

4 pm
Sunday 21st February
Savoy, Penzance
9.15 pm
Monday 22nd February
Savoy, Penzance
8.15 pm
Tuesday 23rd February
Royal, St Ives
8.15 pm
Wednesday 24th February
Royal, St Ives

France | 2009 | 139m | subtitles
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