THE RAYS AND THE SHADOWS

Paris, the 1920s. Journalist Jean Luchaire and German intellectual Otto Abetz, both committed pacifists, campaign together for Franco-German reconciliation. But the Nazis’ rise to power gradually turns their ideals into compromise: once he becomes Germany’s ambassador to Paris during the Occupation, Abetz draws Luchaire — who founds the collaborationist newspaper Les Nouveaux Temps — into the machinery of collaboration. His daughter Corinne, a young actress once destined for a brilliant career and later a fixture of occupied Paris society, is swept up in her father’s downfall. Told through Corinne’s postwar memories, the film recounts the true story of a family caught between light and shadow, leading to the postwar trial that seals their fate.
Inspired from the synopsis written by Gaumont, Première 

• “A gut-punch of a film that is already a classic.” – Translation fromLe Figaro
•  “An ambitious challenge masterfully carried by Jean Dujardin and young actress Nastya Golubeva.” – Translation from Télérama
• “Xavier Giannoli crafts an edifying epic in which journalists, artists, politicians, fanatics, opportunists, resistance fighters and others all cross paths.” – Cineuropa

• Sydney Film Festival Australia 2026 Special Presentations
• Cabourg film Festival France 2026 Ciné Swann

Golden Swan for Best Female Newcomer for Nastya Golubeva – 2026 Cabourg Film Festival