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The Rays and Shadows

Released: 2026-03-18
Budget: 35000000
Studios: Curiosa Films, Waiting for Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Gaumont,


Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.

Director / Directors

Léo Bourdon
Second Assistant Director
Mélaine Delaunay
Second Assistant Director

Brieuc Vanderswalm
First Assistant Director
Céline Savoldelli
Script Supervisor


Cast

Jean Dujardin
Character: Jean Luchaire
Nastya Golubeva Carax
Character: Corinne Luchaire
August Diehl
Character: Otto Abetz

Olivier Chantreau
Character: Guy de Voisins
Anna Próchniak
Character: Lydia Rogers
Lucile Vignolles
Character: Suzanne de Bruyker

Chloé Astor
Character: Françoise Luchaire
Vincent Colombe
Character: Guy Crouzet
Maria Cavalier-Bazan
Character: Eva

Valeriu Andriuță
Character: Léonide Moguy
François de Brauer
Character: Pierre Labarrière
Meherio Patoux
Character: Corinne Luchaire (enfant)

Elina Löwensohn
Character: Tosia Luchaire
André Marcon
Character: Julien Luchaire
Philippe Torreton
Character: Le procureur

Éric De Staercke
Character: Hibbelen
Colette Crouzet
Character: Marina
Nicolas Lumbreras
Character: Jérôme, le comptable

Philippe Lévy
Character: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Bogdan Zamfir
Character: Wolrad
Santiago Godoy-Giraldo
Character: Lorenço

Jochen Hägele
Character: Obliz
Oliver Bigalke
Character: Gottschalk
Franz Lang
Character: De Wiet

Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit
Character: Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique
Nicolas Avinée
Character: Philippe
Éric Herson-Macarel
Character: Medecin

Giorgia Sinicorni
Character: Delphine, vendeuse mode
Markus Schleinzer
Character: General Van Haffel
Armand Eloi
Character: Amiral Darian

Philipp Weissert
Character: Friedrich
Alban Aumard
Character: Waffen SS meeting
Mike Maas
Character: Wehrmacht officer

Rodolphe Sand
Character: Corinne's agent
Aurore Broutin
Character: Woman in the resistance
Fabrice Delorme
Character: Man in the resistance

Stéphane Avril
Character: Man in the tavern
Damien Gouy
Character: Young Gaullist soldier
David Baalcke
Character: Von Choltitz

Jacques Ledran
Character: Embassy employee
Mathilde Bisson
Character: Woman Maxim's
Amra Guthleben
Character: Young Brigitte Luchaire

Elise Diamant
Character: Ginette Leclerc
Catherine Lairaud
Character: Prison guard
Émilie Pierson
Character: Sanatorium nurse 1

Fabienne Boutin
Character: Sanatorium nurse 2
Sylvain Saint-Jalmes
Character: Sceptical journalist
Christian Schweda
Character: Gestapo Man 1

Chris Zastera
Character: Gestapo Man 2
Simon Dubois
Character: FFI Man 1
Lionel Ales
Character: FFI Man 2

Aurélien Lorgnier
Character: Bertrand announcer
Emmanuel Georges
Character: Man in the park 1
Vincent Lagahe
Character: Man in the park 2

Jean Pierre Horcholle
Character: Moguy producer
Nicolas Benoist
Character: Surgeon
Katia Crivellari
Character: Paris nurse

Nicolas de Lavergne
Character: Anonymous man
Frédéric Liévain
Character: Sacha Guitry
Antoine Pinquier
Character: Moguy assistant director

Thomas Arnaud
Character: Prunier journalist
Fabien Jegoudez
Character: SS Officer Maxim's
Alexandre Rudel
Character: German officer 2

Pauline Sagetat
Character: German comedian
August Brisson-Ingemarrson
Character: Scouts' choir member
Gustaf Brisson-Ingemarsson
Character: Scouts' choir member

Louis Mahé
Character: Scouts' choir member
Daniel Garlitsky
Character: Violinist jazz club
Kate Arley
Character: Baroness Ivanov (uncredited)

Mathieu Brassier
Character: Park guard (uncredited)
Adèle Montebourg
Character: Young woman Maxim's (uncredited)
Simone Mumford
Character: Russian countess (uncredited)

Sara Novak
Character: Russian countess (uncredited)
Xavier Pitois
Character: Moguy assistant
Clément Vanmel
Character: Roger Duchesne (uncredited)

Lucas Varoclier
Character: Eva's son (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Riton Dupire-Clément
Production Design
Théo Lorente
Set Runner

Cecilia Rose
Production Manager


Patrick Godeau
Screenplay

Yves Stavrides
Screenplay
Olivier Sa
Stunt Coordinator
Christophe Beaucarne
Director of Photography

Antoine Guichard
Rigging Grip

Lionel Callari
Property Master
Emilien Bignon
Associate Producer
Nora Chabert
Executive Co-Producer

Christine de Jekel
Executive Producer
Cédric Iland
Co-Producer

Juliette Matrige
Producer's Assistant
Michaël Laguens
Casting Director
Etienne Rohde
Supervising Art Director

Avril Carpentier
Makeup Artist
Pauline Chambon
Makeup Artist
Mathilde Josset
Makeup Artist

Milou Sanner
Key Hair Stylist
Léa Bacoup
Assistant Unit Manager
Jeanne Flogeac
Assistant Unit Manager

Tom Leboiteux
Assistant Unit Manager
Matthieu Touvet
Assistant Unit Manager
Éva Meuriot
Assistant Unit Manager

Bruno Salinas
Unit Manager
Pauline Bouvet
Set Decoration Buyer
Baptiste Tordeux
Art Department Assistant

Léo Vidberg
Set Designer
Solal Coulon
Sound Assistant
Louis Deschamps
Boom Operator

Alexandre Massot
Visual Effects

Charles Carpentier
Best Boy Electric
Bertrand Faucounau
First Assistant "B" Camera

Christine Tamalet
Still Photographer
Lucie Perraudin
Extras Casting Assistant

Claire Pouzaud
Extras Casting Assistant
Angèle Béraud
Costume Standby

Nathalie Chesnais
Costume Supervisor
Cesar Victor
Location Assistant

Emilie Ferrenq
Property Master
David Davister
Foley Mixer

Vincent Maloumian
Foley Artist
Heol Denieul
Second Assistant Camera
Julia Fernández
Second Assistant "B" Camera

Pierre Barault
Construction Buyer
Pascaline Chavanne
Costume Design

Guillaume Roussel
Original Music Composer
Audrey Luzeliamua
Makeup Trainee