A Bag Of Marbles

In 1941 in occupied paris brothers maurice and joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father s barbershop.

A bag of marbles. The adventure of a jewish boy and his brother escaping nazi persecution in occupied france. Directed by christian duguay. With the german occupation threatening their family s safety the boys parents decide maurice and joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Despite their naiveté roman knows that their best chance to escape the nazi roundup is to flee on their own to vichy france where their older brothers albert and henri have found safe haven.

At ages 10 and 12 the boys have so little understanding of the persecution of jews that joseph thinks nothing of swapping his yellow star for a bag of marbles. A bag of marbles un sac de billes turns nazi occupied france into an obstacle course for two young jewish boys on the run and their plight into slickly sentimental thriller material for all. This is the day that will change their lives forever.