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Synopsis: France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams) is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas) as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Saul Dibb
Actors: Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie, Eric Godon
Production: The Weinstein Company
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
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Year:
2014
107 min
$1,304,622
1,502 Views

IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED.

[N 1942 ITS AUTHOR IRENE

NEMIROVSKY WAS ARRESTED

FOR BEING JEWISH

AND DIED IN AUSCHWITZ.

HER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LAY

UNREAD IN A SUITCASE

FOR NEARLY SIXTY YEARS UNTIL IT WAS

REDISCOVERED BY HER DAUGHTER.

'SUITE FRANQAISE' WAS

FINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2004

AND BECAME A WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER.

IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING TO

HAVE BROUGHT MY MOTHER BACK TO LIFE.

IT SHOWS THE NAZIS DID NOT TRULY

SUCCEED IN KILLING HER.

IT IS NOT VENGEANCE,

BUT IT IS A VICTORY.

DENISE EPSTEIN-DAUPLE

(DAUGHTER OF IRENE NEMIROVSKY)

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Saul Dibb

Saul Dibb (born 1968) is an English director and screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb. Born in London, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and directing Bullet Boy, for which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award, The Line of Beauty, and The Duchess. In 2016, he directed the adaptation for BBC2 of Zadie Smith's bestselling novel NW into a 90-minute television film of the same name, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox. Dibb directed a film adaptation of R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play Journey's End, which was released in 2017. This has been dubbed 'The best ever film about the Great War' by The Times. more…

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