A Bag Of Marbles

Despite their naiveté roman knows that their best chance to escape the nazi roundup is to flee on their own to vichy france where their older brothers albert and henri have found safe haven.

A bag of marbles.

This is the day that will change their lives forever. Directed by christian duguay. At ages 10 and 12 the boys have so little understanding of the persecution of jews that joseph thinks nothing of swapping his yellow star for a bag of marbles. A bag of marbles un sac de billes turns nazi occupied france into an obstacle course for two young jewish boys on the run and their plight into slickly sentimental thriller material for all.

With dorian le clech batyste fleurial patrick bruel elsa zylberstein. The great value of christian duguay s a bag of marbles is the degree to which it makes such a barbaric and bewildering chapter in human history comprehensible for young audiences. Yes the film recounts a real life tale of survival but the fate of its lead protagonists in no way diminishes the grueling hardships they face on every step of their journey.