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Charlotte Gray is a British film of genre Drama directed by Gillian Armstrong released in USA on 11 january 2002 with Cate Blanchett
Charlotte Gray (2002)
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Add to a movie listCharlotte Gray is a 2001 British–Australian–German drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and adapted from the novel of the same name by Sebastian Faulks. It is set in Vichy France during World War II, and stars Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Rupert Penry-Jones, Michael Gambon and Billy Crudup.
The story is based on the exploits of SOE's female agents who worked with the French resistance within occupied France. (The character Charlotte Gray is based on operatives such as Pearl Cornioley, Nancy Wake, Odette Sansom and Violette Szabo). It should not be confused with the British-born Canadian historian of the same name.
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In 1942, a young Scot, Charlotte Gray, travels to London to take a job in a surgery. On the train, a man enters her compartment and chats with her, asking questions about her life and expressing interest that she is fluent in French. He gives her his card with the date, time and address of a book launch. Social life in London is in full swing and her friends convince her to go. She soon meets RAF Flight Lieutenant Peter Gregory, but is interrupted by Richard Cannerley, the older man from the train, who urges her to meet some of his acquaintances and asks her to contact him when she leaves.Actors
Cate Blanchett
(Charlotte Gray)
Michael Gambon
(Levade)
James Fleet
(Richard Cannerly)
Billy Crudup
(Julien Levade)
Abigail Cruttenden
(Daisy)
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