For Christmas I received a movie called Suite Francaise. A true story set during world war II in a French village. It tells the saga of a young German officer Bruno Von Falk [Mathias Schoenaerts] who moves into the house of MadamAngellier [Kristin Scott Thomas]. Lucille Angellier [ Michelle Williams] lives in the house with her domineering mother in law while her husband is away in the French army. Bruno and Lucille form a strong bond and romance blossoms with all the consequences that go with this forbidden relationship.
The movie was filmed in France and Belgium.
Directed by Saul Dibb.
Produced by Romain Bramons, Andrea Cornwell, MichaelbKuhn, Xavier Marchand.
Music by Rael Jones.
Based on Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.
The film evolves as loyalties shift between the villagers and the soldiers who live in the village. The ending is gripping and the movie holds your attention throughout till the climax.
Postscript from Suite Francaise.
Suite Francaise was written in secret as the Nazis occupied France. It was never completed. The author Irene Nemirovsky was Jewish and arrested and died in Auschwitz. Her piece lay unread in a suitcase for nearly sixty years until her daughter discovered it. It was published in 2004.
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