Film

Okay, Joe! or the Memoirs of Private Guilloux

8.0

0h 52m

2023

Synopsis

In autumn 1944, during the Liberation of Brittany, writer Louis Guilloux worked as an interpreter for the American army. He was a privileged witness to some little-known dramatic aspects of the Liberation: the rapes and murders committed by GIs on French civilians. He also discovered the racism of American military justice. This experience haunted the novelist for thirty years. In 1976, he recounted it in a short novel, "Ok, Joe", which went unnoticed. This film compares his account with the memories of the last witnesses to these forgotten crimes and their punishments.

Director

Philippe Baron

DocumentaryWarDrama

war crimeswar correspondentus armywriterwar herowar traumaretired army mansemi-biographicalinternational court of justiceracial justicepersecuted writerwar absurdity

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Cast & Crew

Arnaud Stéphan

as Narrator (voice)

Louis Guilloux

as Self (archive footage)

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