Bras de fer

5.2

107m

1985

Drama

Complex and more cerebral than a wartime action-thriller, this espionage drama focuses on the relationship of two former buddies who were fencing masters before the war and in love with the same woman. Now Delancourt (Bernard Giraudeau) is apparently living a good life managing a gym in a Paris hotel under Nazi control, where he meets his former friend Pierre (Christophe Malavoy), who is on a secret assignment to mislead the Nazis on the date of the Normandie invasion. Pierre, alias Augustin, cannot figure out if Delancourt is a real resistance fighter or if he is a double agent. Circumstances create a larger and larger gap between the former friends while the plot goes through several twists and turns before Pierre's doubts are resolved.

Starring

Bernard Giraudeau, Christophe Malavoy, Ángela Molina, Mathieu Carrière, Pierre-Loup Rajot, François Lalande, Agnès Garreau, Thierry Ravel, Edward Meeks, Jean-Pierre Miquel

Directed By

Gérard Vergez