Les Héros du Louvre
Élie Chouraqui's historical drama inspired by the story of his grandfather Babi Maklouf Benhamou, a Louvre guard involved in evacuating the museum's artworks as the German occupation approached.
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Our review
Les Héros du Louvre: a remarkable true story shaken almost to exhaustion
Les Héros du Louvre possesses something filmmaking technique cannot manufacture: a deeply personal reason to exist. Élie Chouraqui takes a family story handed down since childhood and places it inside the very real evacuation of the Louvre's collections. That sincerity runs through the film, supported by Kad Merad, Marie Gillain and an inherently compelling subject. Unfortunately, it must compete with direction that seems afraid of stillness. Restless camerawork, insistent close-ups, forced momentum and broadly drawn supporting characters keep tugging at scenes that often needed less emphasis, not more. What remains is a generous and moving historical drama, valuable for the memory it restores, but ultimately stronger as an act of transmission than as a piece of cinema.