---
title: 'Female Agents (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Paul Salomé'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/female-agents-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824330/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Female Agents (2008)

2008 · 117 min · Drama, War · France

Original title: Les Femmes de l'ombre

## Synopsis

Female Agents is a 2008 French historical drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu. Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper of Lise de Baissac, from Mauritius, one of the heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Paul Salomé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-salome)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Paul Salomé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-salome), [Laurent Vachaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-vachaud)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bruno Coulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-coulais)
- **Producer:** [Éric Névé](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-neve)

## Cast

- [Chantal Garrigues](https://cinepixo.com/people/chantal-garrigues)
- [Sophie Marceau](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-marceau)
- [Stéphane Foenkinos](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-foenkinos)
- [Xavier Beauvois](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-beauvois)
- [Julien Boisselier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-boisselier)
- [James Gerard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gerard)
- [Déborah François](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-francois)
- [Vincent Rottiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-rottiers)
- [Maya Sansa](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-sansa)
- [Julie Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-depardieu)
- [Marie Gillain](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-gillain)
- [Jan Oliver Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-oliver-schroeder)
- [Moritz Bleibtreu](https://cinepixo.com/people/moritz-bleibtreu)
- [Robin Renucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-renucci)
- [Volker Bruch](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-bruch)

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Official site: http://www.femaleagents.co.uk
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/female-agents-2008
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