A Bag of Marbles

A Bag of Marbles

Home Is Where Family Is

Directed by Christian Duguay

Produced by TF1 Films Production, Forecast Pictures

2017113 min7.8 / 10

A tender yet harrowing coming-of-age story about two brothers navigating Nazi-occupied France, anchored by familial love and the will to survive.

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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  • Is A Bag of Marbles sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does A Bag of Marbles end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% of films.

  • Is A Bag of Marbles easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is A Bag of Marbles violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is A Bag of Marbles scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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