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The Rays and Shadows

Original title: Les Rayons et les Ombres

2026 · 3h 19m

Directed by Xavier Giannoli

7.4

TMDB audience score
144 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.

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Cast

  • Jean Dujardin
    Jean Luchaire

  • Nastya Golubeva Carax
    Corinne Luchaire

  • August Diehl
    Otto Abetz

  • Olivier Chantreau
    Guy de Voisins

  • Anna Próchniak
    Lydia Rogers

  • Lucile Vignolles
    Suzanne de Bruyker

  • Chloé Astor
    Françoise Luchaire

  • Vincent Colombe
    Guy Crouzet

  • Maria Cavalier-Bazan
    Eva

  • Valeriu Andriuță
    Léonide Moguy

  • François de Brauer
    Pierre Labarrière

  • Meherio Patoux
    Corinne Luchaire (enfant)

  • Elina Löwensohn
    Tosia Luchaire

  • André Marcon
    Julien Luchaire

  • Philippe Torreton
    Le procureur

  • Éric De Staercke
    Hibbelen

  • Colette Crouzet
    Marina

  • Nicolas Lumbreras
    Jérôme, le comptable