Two cop buddies, one Nazi-occupied town, and a friendship headed for the shredder.
In 1942, Edouard and Lucas are two childhood friends, both policemen in Nancy in different police stations. Soon the beautiful friendship between the two policemen will shatter with all the suffering and disappointment that implies.
Acting
Russo and Lamotte make decades of friendship agonizingly real.
Production
Nancy's 1942 streets recreated with claustrophobic authenticity.
Director
Patrick Volson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nancy's real 1942 police records show mass collaboration; this fictional story mirrors thousands of untold betrayals.
Director Volson spent months in Nancy archives to avoid the 'Resistance myth' — most French police actively cooperated until 1944.
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