Lorber Liberates ‘The Army of Crime’

If you’re a small indie company such as Lorber films you need for titles to fall through the cracks to fill up a theatrical slate. Hence, a lot of time has lapsed on Robert Guediguian’s The Army of Crime since it preemed as an out of comp title at Cannes. A Spring/Summer release is in the works.

One more pic takes place in Paris during the German Occupation, this is about an ill-assorted group of resistance fighters commits disorganized attacks. Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian), an Armenian exile, is ready to help but is reluctant to kill; for him, being ready to die but not to kill is an ethical matter. However, circumstances lead him to abandon his reluctance. Under his leadership, the group structures and plans its actions and thus the Manouchian network is born. The film traces the story of this group, from its shaping to the execution of its members in 1944.