The Rays and Shadows

Les rayons et les ombres

2026·199'

Xavier Giannoli

DramaHistoryFamily

★ 7.5

Letterboxd TMDB #1318335

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.

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)