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B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 61.6 / 100
2017·Biography / Drama / History·1h 50m

A BAG OF MARBLES

“Home Is Where Family Is”

At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of finding their older brothers already settled in Nice. The brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

Above the Line
Christian Duguay·DirectorBenoît Guichard·ScreenplayChristian Duguay·ScreenplayChristophe Graillot·Director of PhotographyArmand Amar·Music
Cast
Dorian Le Clech·JosephBatyste Fleurial·MauricePatrick Bruel·RomanElsa Zylberstein·AnnaBernard Campan·Ambroise MancelierChristian Clavier·Docteur RosenKev Adams·FerdinandCésar Domboy·HenriIlian Bergala·AlbertÉmile Berling·Raoul Mancelier
Full Crew
(24 credits)
Directing· 1
Christian Duguay·Director
Writing· 10
Benoît Guichard·ScreenplayChristian Duguay·ScreenplayLaurent Zeitoun·WriterJonathan Allouche·ScreenstoryAlexandra Geismar·ScreenstoryBenoît Guichard·DialogueChristian Duguay·DialogueBenoît Guichard·AdaptationChristian Duguay·AdaptationJoseph Joffo·Novel
Camera· 1
Christophe Graillot·Director of Photography
Sound & Music· 1
Armand Amar·Music
Production· 10
Joe Iacono·ProducerLaurent Zeitoun·ProducerYann Zenou·ProducerNicolas Duval Adassovsky·ProducerGaëtan David·Co-ProducerMarc Jenny·Co-ProducerTanguy Dekeyser·Co-ProducerLyse Lafontaine·Co-ProducerAndré Logie·Co-ProducerJean-Charles Levy·Co-Producer
Other Departments· 1
Jonathan Asselin·Animation
By the Numbers
61.6
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
IMDb
—
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$11M
ROI -49%
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind A Bag of Marbles's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#367098
#A68C5B
#6A4E2E
Mood
Hopeful, Adventurous, Determined
Composition
Diagonal
Era
1940s 1950s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The poster features two young boys, one piggybacking on the other, walking along a dirt path in a mountainous, rural landscape under a bright, partly cloudy sky”

dramahistory
Key Elements
SatchelBagBerets
Atmosphere
Golden
Color Mood
Warm
Setting
Wilderness
Design Score
8/10
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