History Film / FemaleAgents

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII French espionage thriller, entitled ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Creator/SophieMarceau, Creator/JulieDepardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Creator/MoritzBleibtreu, Creator/VolkerBruch and Julien Boisellier.

The film opens with French [[LaResistance Resistance]] fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Eddy is given the choice of helping the operatives or being shot on the spot. He immediately agrees to help.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII French espionage thriller, entitled ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Creator/SophieMarceau, Creator/JulieDepardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Creator/MoritzBleibtreu, Creator/VolkerBruch Julien Boisellier.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII French espionage thriller, entitled ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Creator/SophieMarceau, Creator/JulieDepardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Creator/MoritzBleibtreu and Julien Boisellier.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII French espionage thriller, entitled ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Creator/SophieMarceau, Creator/JulieDepardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Moritz Bleibtreu and Julien Boisellier.

* WouldHitAGirl: The Nazi interrogators, unsurprisingly.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII French espionage thriller, entitled ''Les Femmes de l'Ombre'' ("Women of the Shadows") originally, starring Creator/SophieMarceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, Maya Sansa, Moritz Bleibtreu and Julien Boisellier.

* RuleOfCool: Rather than an AmazonBrigade or FemmeFataleSpy, female SOE agents were more likely to be used for the BoringButPractical work of wireless operator (because it didn't look suspicious for a woman to stay at home all day, whereas a man would be out working) or courier (because women were less likely to be searched, or rounded up for forced labour in Germany).

The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

* HeroicSacrifice: Jeanne shoots a random German soldier to create a diversion to Louise can complete the mission. [[spoiler: She was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and hanged.]]

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gaëlle reacts this way after giving up the other operatives under torture. [[spoiler: Later she kills herself over it.]]

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]
* DueToTheDead: The last scene is Louise lighting candles in a church for the fallen, as she has promised earlier.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation along with her brother Pierre. By a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks and she uses it out of remorse.]]

* ColdSniper: Louise. She is introduced methodically killing several German soldiers as one, and later tries to kill Heindrich this way.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so therefore if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so thus if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so if German intelligence can find this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. 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 Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.

''Female Agents'' is a 2008 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 and Julien Boisellier. The film opens with French Resistance fighter Louise Defontaines (Marceau) fleeing to Spain after an operation where her husband is killed. 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. He is preparing the invasion of Normandy, so if German intelligence finds this out the entire D-Day attack could fail. Louise is tasked to form a team of female operatives for this operation. Through a mix of bribery, threats and appeals to patriotism she assembles them. The first is Suzy Deprez (Gillain) a former cabaret dancer skilled in seduction. The second is Gaëlle Lemenech (François) an explosive expert. Last is Jeanne Faussier, a prostitute capable of cold-blooded murder. After they parachute into Normandy, they are joined by Maria Luzzato (Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator. The mission is at first a success, and they skillfully rescue the geologist. They are then given new, much more difficult orders-to eliminate Colonel Karl Heindrich of the SS, who has learned too much of the planned Normandy invasion.

* AgainstMyReligion: 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. [[spoiler: Later, after she is tortured into giving the others up, her resolve breaks.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Gaëlle deliberately places herself in this position on the floor, nude, before taking cyanide.]]
* CyanidePill: Every SOE operative has been given one so they can kill themselves rather than be tortured to give information. [[spoiler: Only Gaëlle uses it after this already happened, out of remorse.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After giving up the other operatives under torture, Gaëlle begs Louise for her cyanide capsule and takes it, after a prayer for forgiveness, posing in the manner of Christ on the cross.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Heindrich appears to be genuinely reluctant in torturing Gaëlle, but he orders it anyway.