Margot and Marguerite are 12-year-old girls who seem no different from any other youngsters with the usual family and peer problems. While they appear to have similar faces and body shapes, they wear different clothes and hairstyles, but the biggest difference between them is that one lives in 1942 and the other in 2020. When the girls crawled into a wooden chest they were magically sent into each other’s timeline, and because the girls look so similar their family and friends do not notice the swap.
Acting
Lila Gueneau's dual performance — two girls, one stunning debut.
Production
1942 Paris recreated with warmth, not just period gloom.
Writing
Time-swap logic that actually holds together, shockingly.
Director
Pierre Coré
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during 2020 lockdowns, its themes of separation and connection across time hit unexpectedly hard for French families.
The wooden chest is modeled on real WWII-era 'coffres de départ' used by Jewish families hiding belongings.
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