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Pièce de Résistance

Another film about the French Resistance and a NYTimes Critics' Pick, the Criterion Restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville's

L'armée des ombres / Army of Shadows (1969)

We follow the experiences of a group leader from early in the War to its end.

This is a classic.

I saw it before. I am a sucker for these films. I am not sure where that comes from but I am always interested in this period. Perhaps as I grew up in the time and have a deep curiosity about certain aspects.

I always had a fantasy about what I would do if we were in the same boat. Even in that time as a child and later when it was the Russians.

I think that is what one did.

This film is episodic although it does have a through line about the group and its activities.

This is a 5 out of Netflix5. Has been and always will be.

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