Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse. Cyanide Pill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information.Crucified Hero Shot: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.She is introduced methodically killing several German soldiers as one, and later tries to kill Heindrich this way too. Louise is the most action-oriented of them, but they all help out in some way. Amazon Brigade: The film centers on a French Resistance squad composed solely of women.Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse. Against My Religion: Gaëlle refuses the cyanide capsule that all operatives are given to use if taken captive with this exact line, as she is a devout Catholic to whom suicide is a mortal sin.They are then given new, even seemingly suicidal orders-to eliminate Colonel Karl Heindrich of the SS, who has learned too much of the planned invasion. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. She is expatriated to London, where she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and sent on a mission to rescue a British geologist trapped in France disguised as a German soldier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. Female Agents is a 2008 World War II French espionage thriller, entitled Les Femmes de l'Ombre ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volker Bruch and Julien Boisellier.
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