During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.
This is one of four period pieces starring Matthias Schoenaerts that were released in 2015. The others being A Little Chaos (2014), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), and The Danish Girl (2015).
Madeleine Labarie:
My father always said, if you want to see what people are truly made of, start a war.
When the Viscount is shot at close range sitting in a chair, he merely slumps. A dozen rounds would have knocked him clean over at the very least.
The final credits initially play over what appears to be the original hand-written manuscript of the novel.
English, German, French, Latin
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