The Statement
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
Drama, Thriller
Sony Pictures Classics, BBC Films, Serendipity Point Films, Téléfilm Canada, Odessa Films, Movision, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, Company Pictures
Michael Caine as Pierre Brossard, Tilda Swinton as Annemarie Livi, Jeremy Northam as Colonel Roux, Alan Bates as Armand Bertier, Charlotte Rampling as Nicole, John Neville as Old Man, Ciarán Hinds as Pochon, Frank Finlay as Commissaire Vionnet, William Hutt as Le Moyne, Matt Craven as David Manenbaum, Noam Jenkins as Michael Levy