Is Monsieur Batignole sad?

Somewhat. More sad 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.

Does Monsieur Batignole end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% 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 Monsieur Batignole easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 62% 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 Monsieur Batignole violent?

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.

Is Monsieur Batignole scary?

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.

Monsieur Batignole

Name: Monsieur Batignole
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, Jules Sitruk, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve, Alexia Portal

Directed by Gérard Jugnot

Produced by TF1 Films Production, Novo Arturo Films

2002100 min7.0 / 10

A humanistic wartime drama about an ordinary grocer's moral awakening as he risks everything to protect Jewish children from Nazi persecution.

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.

Clusters

Duty, Redemption, and Chosen Bonds Doing Right In Disaster Conscience Against the System Overcoming Adversity Stories Nazi Germany And Resistance

Genres

Comedy Drama

Keywords

Paris, France Escape World War Ii Jew Persecution Escape Agent 1940s Occupied France (1940-44)Child Protection

Questions people ask

Is Monsieur Batignole sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Monsieur Batignole end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
Is Monsieur Batignole easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.
Is Monsieur Batignole violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Monsieur Batignole scary? 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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