Weekend at Dunkirk
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are c…
Weekend at Dunkirk
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions. Set during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. He, then, tries to organize the life for him and his soldiers friends between German raids and shells. —Jean-Yves Simon <simon@wotangate.micro.ti.com> Dunkirk, June 1 and 2, 1940: Sergent Julien Maillat is one of a group of scattered French soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk with the men of the British Expeditionary Force to be taken across the Channel to England. The German Luftwaffe is constantly flying missions that claim many victims. The British initially only evacuate their own men; after Maillat finally manages to board a ship with the help of a sympathetic British officer, it is hit by German bombs. Maillat manages to get back ashore. He ventures back into the town, which is already under German artillery fire and is also being bombed from the air. In the hail of bombs, he meets the courageous young Jeanne, who convinces herself that her parents' house will survive the inferno of war if she can hold out in it. Maillat rescues her from two comrades who have broken into the house and are about to rape her. He has no choice but to shoot them. This is not the only thing that burdens him from then on; the thought that he has left the young woman alone afterwards is also unbearable. —Arte
Weekend at Dunkirk
Drama,War
Film Details
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions. Set during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. He, then, tries to organize the life for him and his soldiers friends between German raids and shells.
—Jean-Yves Simon <simon@wotangate.micro.ti.com> Dunkirk, June 1 and 2, 1940: Sergent Julien Maillat is one of a group of scattered French soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk with the men of the British Expeditionary Force to be taken across the Channel to England. The German Luftwaffe is constantly flying missions that claim many victims. The British initially only evacuate their own men; after Maillat finally manages to board a ship with the help of a sympathetic British officer, it is hit by German bombs.
Maillat manages to get back ashore. He ventures back into the town, which is already under German artillery fire and is also being bombed from the air. In the hail of bombs, he meets the courageous young Jeanne, who convinces herself that her parents' house will survive the inferno of war if she can hold out in it.
Maillat rescues her from two comrades who have broken into the house and are about to rape her. He has no choice but to shoot them. This is not the only thing that burdens him from then on; the thought that he has left the young woman alone afterwards is also unbearable.
—Arte.