Movie

Army of Shadows

1969 · 145 min

A cold, methodical plunge into resistance life, where every gesture carries the weight of imminent death and moral compromise.

Tagline: Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
Overview: Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: War, loyalty, betrayal, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
loyalty
betrayal
isolation
death
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none