As part of the film series dedicated to the director Jean-Pierre Melville, the Instituto Francés of Madrid is screening this evening at 20:00 the film El ejército de las sombras (The Army of Shadows), starring Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse and Jean-Pierre Cassel in the leading roles.
Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) is a civil engineer who has devoted his efforts to the French Resistance, of which he is one of the leading figures. But the day comes when he is captured by the collaborationist police and held in a concentration camp under close surveillance. After a transfer, he manages to escape by improvising a lightning escape. From that moment on, we will live through his testimony the day-to-day life of the resistance and its difficulties in the face of the powerful invader. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
