The War Is Over (film)

The War is Over (La Guerre est Finie)
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Directed by	Alain Resnais
Produced by	Anatole Dauman Gisèle Rebillon Catherine Winter
Written by	Jorge Semprún
Starring	Yves Montand Ingrid Thulin Geneviève Bujold Jean Bouise
Music by	Giovanni Fusco
Cinematography	Sacha Vierny
Edited by	Eric Pluet Ziva Postec
Production company	Europa Film Sofracima
Distributed by	Cocinor (France) Brandon Films Inc. (USA)
Release dates	11 May 1966 (1966-05-11)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The War is Over (French: La Guerre est Finie-1966) is a French drama film about a leftist in Franco's Spain, directed by Alain Resnais and starring Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, and Geneviève Bujold. Joseph Losey directed a sequel, Roads to the South (French: Les Routes du Sud-1978).

Plot

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the communist veteran Diego (Yves Montand) has dedicated his life to continuing the struggle against the Franco regime while living in exile in Paris. Lately, however, he has become war-weary and skeptical about the tactics of the revolutionary underground. After meeting Nadine (Geneviève Bujold), whose father's passport he is using, he learns that she is involved with an alternative revolutionary group that is planning an armed attack in Spain. When he meets the young revolutionaries who will execute the plan, he tries to persuade them to abandon the action as misconceived, but they ignore him. The leaders of the underground, meanwhile, send Diego on a mission to Barcelona along with a new recruit, perhaps as a way of getting rid of him; the police have since discovered his identity. His lover Marianne (Ingrid Thulin), who has received a warning from Nadine, attempts to intercept him before he is arrested.

Accolades

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for its script and won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Language Film.

External links

• The War Is Over at IMDb