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The Rays and Shadows

The Rays and Shadows
Release: Mar 18, 2026
Runtime: 199 min.

 Rating: 7.741 out of 10

Production Companies

  • Curiosa Films
  • Waiting for Cinéma
  • France 3 Cinéma
  • Gaumont

Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.

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Cast


Jean Dujardin
Jean Dujardin
(as Jean Luchaire)
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Nastya Golubeva Carax
Nastya Golubeva Carax
(as Corinne Luchaire)
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August Diehl
August Diehl
(as Otto Abetz)
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Olivier Chantreau
Olivier Chantreau
(as Guy de Voisins)
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Anna Próchniak
Anna Próchniak
(as Lydia Rogers)
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Lucile Vignolles
Lucile Vignolles
(as Suzanne de Bruyker)
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Chloé Astor
Chloé Astor
(as Françoise Luchaire)
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Vincent Colombe
Vincent Colombe
(as Guy Crouzet)
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Maria Cavalier-Bazan
Maria Cavalier-Bazan
(as Eva)
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Valeriu Andriuță
Valeriu Andriuță
(as Léonide Moguy)
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François de Brauer
François de Brauer
(as Pierre Labarrière)
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Meherio Patoux
Meherio Patoux
(as Corinne Luchaire (enfant))
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Elina Löwensohn
Elina Löwensohn
(as Tosia Luchaire)
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André Marcon
André Marcon
(as Julien Luchaire)
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Philippe Torreton
Philippe Torreton
(as Le procureur)
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Éric De Staercke
Éric De Staercke
(as Hibbelen)
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Colette Crouzet
Colette Crouzet
(as Marina)
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Nicolas Lumbreras
Nicolas Lumbreras
(as Jérôme, le comptable)
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Philippe Lévy
Philippe Lévy
(as Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
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Bogdan Zamfir
Bogdan Zamfir
(as Wolrad)
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Santiago Godoy-Giraldo
Santiago Godoy-Giraldo
(as Lorenço)
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Jochen Hägele
Jochen Hägele
(as Obliz)
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Oliver Bigalke
Oliver Bigalke
(as Gottschalk)
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Franz Lang
Franz Lang
(as De Wiet)
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Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit
Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit
(as Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique)
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Nicolas Avinée
Nicolas Avinée
(as Philippe)
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Éric Herson-Macarel
Éric Herson-Macarel
(as Medecin)
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Giorgia Sinicorni
Giorgia Sinicorni
(as Delphine, vendeuse mode)
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Markus Schleinzer
Markus Schleinzer
(as General Van Haffel)
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Armand Eloi
Armand Eloi
(as Amiral Darian)
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Philipp Weissert
Philipp Weissert
(as Friedrich)
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Alban Aumard
Alban Aumard
(as Waffen SS meeting)
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Mike Maas
Mike Maas
(as Wehrmacht officer)
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Rodolphe Sand
Rodolphe Sand
(as Corinne's agent)
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Aurore Broutin
Aurore Broutin
(as Woman in the resistance)
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Fabrice Delorme
Fabrice Delorme
(as Man in the resistance)
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Stéphane Avril
Stéphane Avril
(as Man in the tavern)
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Damien Gouy
Damien Gouy
(as Young Gaullist soldier)
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David Baalcke
David Baalcke
(as Von Choltitz)
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Jacques Ledran
Jacques Ledran
(as Embassy employee)
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Mathilde Bisson
Mathilde Bisson
(as Woman Maxim's)
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Amra Guthleben
Amra Guthleben
(as Young Brigitte Luchaire)
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Elise Diamant
Elise Diamant
(as Ginette Leclerc)
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Catherine Lairaud
Catherine Lairaud
(as Prison guard)
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Émilie Pierson
Émilie Pierson
(as Sanatorium nurse 1)
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Fabienne Boutin
Fabienne Boutin
(as Sanatorium nurse 2)
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Sylvain Saint-Jalmes
Sylvain Saint-Jalmes
(as Sceptical journalist)
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Christian Schweda
Christian Schweda
(as Gestapo Man 1)
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Chris Zastera
Chris Zastera
(as Gestapo Man 2)
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Simon Dubois
Simon Dubois
(as FFI Man 1)
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Lionel Ales
Lionel Ales
(as FFI Man 2)
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Aurélien Lorgnier
Aurélien Lorgnier
(as Bertrand announcer)
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Emmanuel Georges
Emmanuel Georges
(as Man in the park 1)
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Vincent Lagahe
Vincent Lagahe
(as Man in the park 2)
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Jean Pierre Horcholle
Jean Pierre Horcholle
(as Moguy producer)
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Nicolas Benoist
Nicolas Benoist
(as Surgeon)
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Katia Crivellari
Katia Crivellari
(as Paris nurse)
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Nicolas de Lavergne
Nicolas de Lavergne
(as Anonymous man)
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Frédéric Liévain
Frédéric Liévain
(as Sacha Guitry)
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Antoine Pinquier
Antoine Pinquier
(as Moguy assistant director)
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Thomas Arnaud
Thomas Arnaud
(as Prunier journalist)
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Fabien Jegoudez
Fabien Jegoudez
(as SS Officer Maxim's)
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Alexandre Rudel
Alexandre Rudel
(as German officer 2)
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Pauline Sagetat
Pauline Sagetat
(as German comedian)
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August Brisson-Ingemarrson
August Brisson-Ingemarrson
(as Scouts' choir member)
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Gustaf Brisson-Ingemarsson
Gustaf Brisson-Ingemarsson
(as Scouts' choir member)
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Louis Mahé
Louis Mahé
(as Scouts' choir member)
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Daniel Garlitsky
Daniel Garlitsky
(as Violinist jazz club)
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Kate Arley
Kate Arley
(as Baroness Ivanov (uncredited))
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Mathieu Brassier
Mathieu Brassier
(as Park guard (uncredited))
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Adèle Montebourg
Adèle Montebourg
(as Young woman Maxim's (uncredited))
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Simone Mumford
Simone Mumford
(as Russian countess (uncredited))
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Sara Novak
Sara Novak
(as Russian countess (uncredited))
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Xavier Pitois
Xavier Pitois
(as Moguy assistant)
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Clément Vanmel
Clément Vanmel
(as Roger Duchesne (uncredited))
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Lucas Varoclier
Lucas Varoclier
(as Eva's son (uncredited))
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