HOLLYWOOD war movie The Monuments Men, which opens in cinemas today across France, has finally brought recognition to one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War: Rose Valland.
Played in the movie by recent Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, Ms Valland, who died in 1980, was a highly respected Resistance fighter who located thousands of works of art, stolen by the Nazis during the conflict.
The film was loosely based on the biography written by French Senator Corrine Bouchoux, who told France 24: “If someone had told me before that my book could be the inspiration of such a big production, I would never have believed it.” From the Connexion
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