Plot Summary
May 1944, in Provence, a young Jewish woman fleeing Nazi persecution, entrusts her three-month-old granddaughter to a stranger, Mathieu, a solitary shepherd who will raise her alone. Once the war is over, he will leave with her, in search of the mother. A research that will last more than twenty years and that will lead them to several European countries.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- fr
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Cast
Georges Rouquier
Mathieu
Claude Marcault
The mother
Karine Levy
Rogation
Marie-Laure Dulac
Rogation
Monique Demestre
Rogation
Nina Demestre
Rogation
Chantal Salvaderi
Rogation
Hermine Karagheuz
Rogation
Christiane Lénier
The employee of the Jewish organization
John Littleton
The black soldier
Rita Maiden
Rita
Vera Valden
The social worker
Jean Berger
The investigating judge
Dominique Zardi
A German soldier
Franz Rudnick
The German Inspector
Clément Bairam
First gendarme
Maurice Travail
Second gendarme
Yvonne Claudie
The old Jewess
Jacques Préboist
The farm boy