Yes, very. More sad than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Secret easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does A Secret end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

A Secret

Name: A Secret
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Patrick Bruel, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu, Mathieu Amalric

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

Directed by Claude Miller

Produced by La Région Île-de-France, France 3 Cinéma

2007105 min6.5 / 10

A deeply introspective drama about a boy's discovery of his family's hidden Jewish identity and the generational trauma of Holocaust survival, told through gradual psychological unraveling.

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.

Clusters

Trapped by Fate, Undone by History Betrayal, Downfall, Survival Complicity Under Pressure Coping With Loss

Genres

Drama

Questions people ask

Is A Secret sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Is A Secret easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does A Secret end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is A Secret scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is A Secret violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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