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A Bag of Marbles
A Bag of Marbles

A Bag of Marbles

Home Is Where Family Is

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At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

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Budget

$21400000

Revenue

$10898998

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

7.814/10

Release Date

18 January 2017

Country

Belgium

Cast

Dorian Le Clech

Dorian Le Clech

Joseph

Batyste Fleurial

Batyste Fleurial

Maurice

Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel

Roman

Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein

Anna

Bernard Campan

Bernard Campan

Ambroise Mancelier

Christian Clavier

Christian Clavier

Docteur Rosen

Kev Adams

Kev Adams

Ferdinand

César Domboy

César Domboy

Henri

Ilian Bergala

Ilian Bergala

Albert

Émile Berling

Émile Berling

Raoul Mancelier

Jocelyne Desverchère

Jocelyne Desverchère

Marcelle Mancelier

Coline Leclère

Coline Leclère

Françoise

Holger Daemgen

Holger Daemgen

Alois Brunner

Fred Epaud

Fred Epaud

Le curé Buffa

Michaël Erpeling

Michaël Erpeling

Raymond

Pierre Kiwitt

Pierre Kiwitt

SS Allemand

Vincent Nemeth

Vincent Nemeth

Le professeur

Luc Palun

Luc Palun

L'homme patibulaire

Lucas Prisor

Lucas Prisor

Contrôleur Allemand

Candide Sanchez

Candide Sanchez

Le fermier Cochon

Eric Bougnon

Eric Bougnon

Subinagui

Joël Dupuch

Joël Dupuch

Julien Le Boulanger

Etienne Chicot

Etienne Chicot

Le curé

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