
A Bag of Marbles
Seen it?2017 | 113 min | War, Drama
Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Audiences rate it highly (7.8 out of 10), though it had almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for history buffs. If you loved The Zone of Interest or The Guns of Navarone, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
83% on Rotten Tomatoes, 55 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.8 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$11 million worldwide on a $21 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Christian Duguay
- Dorian Le ClechJoseph
- Batyste FleurialMaurice
- Patrick BruelRoman
- Elsa ZylbersteinAnna
- Bernard CampanAmbroise Mancelier
- Christian ClavierDocteur Rosen
- Kev AdamsFerdinand
- César DomboyHenri
- Ilian BergalaAlbert
- Émile BerlingRaoul Mancelier