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CAST & CREW
Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
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SYNOPSIS
Bertrand Tavernier directs this epic film, set in 1942 Paris during the country's occupation by Germany. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
1 hour, 47 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 11, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Empire Pictures
GENRE
Dramas, Foreign Films, French, World War II, France, Paris, France, Film About Film, Actors, Directors, Nazi Germany
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Safe Conduct Site
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "In the end, all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"Safe Conduct, however ambitious and well-intentioned, fails to hit the entertainment bull's-eye."
-- Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"There's an excellent 90-minute film here; unfortunately, it runs for 170."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
 "Whatever one makes of its political edge, this is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema's master craftsmen."
-- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS
"Intense but sprawling..."
-- Josh Ralske, ALL MOVIE GUIDE
"Though it is by no means his best work, Laissez-Passer is a distinguished and distinctive effort by a bona-fide master, a fascinating film replete with rewards to be had by all willing to make the effort to reap them."
-- Wade Major, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"By turns gripping, amusing, tender and heart-wrenching, Laissez-passer has all the earmarks of French cinema at its best."
-- Rachel Kaplan, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"Dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Alternately frustrating and rewarding."
-- Manohla Dargis, L.A. WEEKLY
"["Safe Conduct"] is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama, romance, tragedy, bravery, political intrigue, partisans and sabotage. Viva le Resistance!"
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism, and Bertrand Tavernier's oft-brilliant Safe Conduct ("Laissez-passer") wears its heart on its sleeve."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
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-- Luca Bandirali, REVISION
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"Tavernier shows us, in more ways than one, that le ciné ma de qualité lives on."
-- Keith Reader, SIGHT AND SOUND
"Alain Choquart's camera barely stops moving, portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving Conduct a perpetual sense of urgency, which, for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool, is both funny and irritating."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Overlong, occasionally unfocussed, yet a fascinating glimpse at the French film industry under German occupation."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"At nearly three hours, the whole of Safe Conduct is less than the sum of its parts."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"It might be 'easier' to watch on video at home, but that shouldn't stop die-hard French film connoisseurs from going out and enjoying the big-screen experience."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"Rises and falls on the strength of its individual episodes. Mostly, it rises, though its extreme length ill suits its anecdotal structure (or perhaps vice versa)."
-- Mike D'Angelo, TIME OUT NEW YORK
"With a large cast representing a broad cross-section, Tavernier's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of "His Girl Friday," maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"An intriguing look at the French film industry during the German occupation; its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
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-- EMPIRE MAGAZINE [UK]
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FRESH 83%
Avg. Rating: 7.9/10 |
"No one who loves French film (or movies in general) should miss it."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Crammed with incident, and bristles with passion and energy."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"For devotees of French cinema, Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it's like dying and going to celluloid heaven."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country, but especially from France."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Some episodes work, some don't."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"The heat of the moment prevails. It cooks Conduct in a low, smoky and inviting sizzle."
-- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
"You could love Safe Conduct (Laissez Passer) for being a subtitled French movie that is 170 minutes long. You could hate it for the same reason."
-- Tom Maurstad, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Though it runs 163 minutes, Safe Conduct is anything but languorous. It's packed to bursting with incident, and with scores of characters, some fictional, some from history."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"It's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time, filled with nervous energy, moral ambiguity and great uncertainties."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"[While The Last Metro] was more melodramatic, confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions, while Tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"There's an epic here, but you have to put it together yourself."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"One of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
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-- Stanley Kauffmann, NEW REPUBLIC
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