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Cast: Sophie Marceau, Marie Gillain, Julie Depardieu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Maya Sansa, Déborah François, Sarah Tullamore

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Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre, literally "Women of the Shadows") is a French film about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), one of the few recognised heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by French actress Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films. While the film received general positive reviews from French critics, certain resistance veterans from the time have criticised it saying it... MORE

Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre, literally "Women of the Shadows") is a French film about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), one of the few recognised heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by French actress Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films. While the film received general positive reviews from French critics, certain resistance veterans from the time have criticised it saying it portrayed them as "coerced into joining the resistance", not joining through patriotism. LESS