The Army of Shadows

Underrated in its day and nowhere to be seen for years, the great Jean-Pierre Melville's most personal film about the French Resistance, in which he also participated, is now recognized as the masterpiece of his filmography.

Synopsis

France, 1942. A civil engineer, member of the Resistance against the Nazis who have taken over the country, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. When he manages to escape, he will look for the informant who turned him in to take revenge, while continuing his resistance action.