Female Agents

Another excellent French film starring Julie Depardieu, Sophie Marceau and Marie Gillain. It is the Second World War and in the days leading up to D-Day a British geologist has been lost in France. SOE sends a motley group of women agents to find him and bring him back before he is captured and spills the beans about where the landings will take place. The agents include the former mistress of a German local head of military intelligence in Normandy. Unfortunately the mission to re-capture the geologist isn't the entire picture and the women have to go on to Paris to assassinate the German colonel. This isn't your average war movie, it is thoughtful, the violence is well balanced, the suspense terrific, and the whole thing is extremely well paced. It is all very believable, and is another insight into the part played by women in the resistance in France. Rating 8/10