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Louise must first create a commando group of women especially chosen for the needs of the operation. When it comes to recruitment, anything goes: lies, blackmail, bribery (through the offer of remission of a death sentence) and calls to carry out patriotic duty. She first employs Suzy
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The mission gets under way well, but quickly becomes complicated. They are obliged to return to Paris, where the SOE gives them a new, almost suicidal, objective: to eliminate
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574:"Les Femmes de l\'ombre (2008) - JPBox-Office"
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470:Stanislas Kemper as Pilote Jeanne RAF
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422:Xavier Beauvois as Claude Granville
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452:James Gerard as Officier anglais 1
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376:Déborah François
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274:Second World War
266:Moritz Bleibtreu
262:Déborah François
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637:21 January
560:References
554:Cinéfranco
543:patriotism
392:Maya Sansa
341:Maya Sansa
218:Box office
162:2008-06-27
151:2008-03-05
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631:The Times
536:Reception
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300:BBC Films
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283:The Times
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