Réalisation:
Gillian ArmstrongScénario:
Jeremy BrockPhotographie:
Dion BeebeMusique:
Stephen WarbeckActeurs·trices:
Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, James Fleet, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nicholas Farrell, Helen McCrory, John Benfield, Jack Shepherd (plus)Résumés(1)
In 1942, London is in the middle of the Blitz. The city is blacked out and bombs shatter the night. Charlotte Gray is an ordinary woman who travels from Scotland to London to see how she can help. At a party, she meets Peter, a battle-weary RAF pilot on leave, and they fall in love. But the affair is abruptly halted when Peter is called back into service and his plane is shot down over France. If he is alive, he is probably hiding, sheltered by the French Resistance. Soon, Charlotte is also on her way to France, for like many women fluent in French, she has been recruited as a secret agent, working to support the Resistance. She could have asked for an assignment at home, but instead she jettisons fear, accepting a dangerous mission behind enemy lines, keeping secret her personal mission to find her missing lover. In a world where secrecy is all around, she discovers that she can only trust what is in her heart. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Une très belle caméra, les costumes et en général la représentation historique du lieu et de la période. Mais l'intrigue n'a pas de moteur et le film est trop étouffé et fade jusqu'au dernier quart. Même Cate Blanchett dans le film ne se démarque pas, comme si elle suivait les instructions de la réalisatrice "moins c'est parfois plus". Sans cette dramatisation à la fin, le film me laisserait aussi froid que la lecture d'un livre sans intérêt.
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Despite the excellent camera work, it is quite an average affair, mainly due to the script, which takes the somewhat cumbersome subject matter too seriously, thus undermining the tension. However, the characters ultimately find their way into the viewer's heart, and thanks to the captivating performance by Cate and the excellent Gambon, boredom is not a concern.
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