Review of A Secret

A Secret (2007)
8/10
very good
11 November 2008
Warning: Spoilers
The story of a French family and what they did during the war. The story of love, lust, and being Jewish in the wake of the Nazis and the years that followed. This film I thought might give me a little trouble, I did not expect to have the ending have me weeping, especially when the early part of the film seemed to be going in clichéd fashion. Told in color flashback with modern day black and white intrusions this is the story of a son trying to find out what happened with his parents in the war. I want very much to discuss what actually happens, actually I'm dying to discuss the film with someone who's seen it, but the power in the film is watching how the people act and react and then finding out what the title is really all about. If I had known what the deal was going in I doubt very much it would have affected me the way it did. As I said the early part of the film seems to be laying out a typical story of life during war time for those on the Nazi hit list. I was pretty sure which way it was going to go so I was kind of half paying attention. And then some things began to happen, and a very loud "oh no" came from my lips. And then I suddenly realized that what I was seeing was not what I thought I was seeing. Suddenly I was paying close attention to what I was watching... and then the final bit of sound and film said so much I found myself crying, not uncontrolled sobs but flowing tears as I was moved by what had just happened. Its not a great film, but it is a very good one. Its a story of the sort that has not really been told before.Its a story that puts real people back into the tale of the holocaust, something that hasn't happened in a long time. (frankly we've gotten lost in the ideas when we tell the story and we've forgotten the people which I think is one of the reasons more and more people doubt this really happened). Worth a look at some point.
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