Lucie Aubrac (film)

Lucie Aubrac is a 1997 French biopic of the World War II French Resistance member Lucie Aubrac. The film starred Carole Bouquet in the title role and was directed by Claude Berri. The story loosely follows the role of Lucie Aubrac and her husband during the Second World War and their parts in the resistance in Lyon. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Lucie Aubrac
Directed by	Claude Berri
Written by	Lucie Aubrac Claude Berri
Produced by	Pierre Grunstein
Starring	Carole Bouquet Daniel Auteuil
Cinematography	Vincenzo Marano
Edited by	Hervé de Luze
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production company	October Films
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	25 February 1997 (1997-02-25)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Carole Bouquet as Lucie Aubrac
• Daniel Auteuil as Raymond Aubrac
• Patrice Chéreau as Max
• Eric Boucher as Serge
• Jean-Roger Milo as Maurice
• Heino Ferch as Klaus Barbie
• Jean Martin as Paul Lardanchet
• Andrzej Seweryn as Lt. Schlondorff
• Alain Maratrat as Lassagne
• Pascal Greggory as Hardy
• Jean-Louis Richard as M. Henry
• Franck de la Personne as Aubry
• Bernard Verley as Charles-Henri
• Jacques Bonnaffé as Pascal

Reception

The film opened in second place at the French box office behind fellow opener Mars Attacks! with a gross of $3.3 million for the week from 335 screens.^[2]