Female Agents

About Female Agents

May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.

Jean-Paul Salomé's Female Agents is a 2008 history war film. It runs 117 minutes and was released in February 2008.

The film is filed under resistance, commando, d-day, and world war ii.

Sophie Marceau takes the lead as Louise Desfontaines, Julie Depardieu as Jeanne Faussier, Marie Gillain as Suzy Desprez, and Déborah François as Gaëlle Lemenech. The screenplay is by Jean-Paul Salomé and Laurent Vachaud. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and France Channel Amazon Channel.

Saving Private Ryan, Overlord, and The Longest Day make useful companions to Female Agents, all filed under 1940s. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 283 votes.