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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
Production: The Weinstein Company
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
Year:
2014
107 min
$1,304,622
1,376 Views


Guide them from danger.

Keep them safe. Amen.

Amen.

Madame. May I kindly request

the key to the piano and the desk?

I give you my word that they will be

treated with the utmost care.

Marthe will give you the key.

Good evening.

He'll be playing Deutschland ber

Alles before we know it.

Did you find somewhere to stay?

Yes. Thank you.

BEWARE THE DETESTABLE TYRANNY

OF THE JEWS!

Have you seen this one?

We have to take German money.

We can't go out after nine.

And God help you if you're found

listening to De Gaulle on the radio.

- Have you got anyone?

- An officer.

That's the price you pay

for having the best house

in the village I suppose.

And you?

Nobody. The only benefit

of having the worst.

Why does she look at me like that?

You don't know?

Your mother-in-law moved her

and her parents into a barn.

Then she put a refugee from Paris

into their home

and doubled the rent.

Name, occupation, address.

Benoit Labarie. Farmer.

The Montmort estate.

Next!

Name, occupation, address.

- Viscountess. -Benoit.

- Viscount. -Excuse me.

Your wife and children were in

church yesterday. Where were you?

Working. Not that you'd know

anything about that.

Benoit. Please be careful

what you say to them.

We've been their tenants

for generations.

They never give us

anything but grief.

What's French for bribery Bonnet?

I'd prefer you consider them

a gift.

A gift?

Do you think we might speak alone?

It's a rather delicate matter and...

That will be all Bonnet.

Have a seat.

It's about Bonnet staying

with us at the Chateau.

He comes from a very good family.

I put great emphasis

on placing like with like.

Of course.

And all the people of Bussy

have to be subjected to the law

like everyone else.

Even if you're the mayor

and viscount.

I'm sure you appreciate that.

It's about my wife.

She feels uncomfortable with the

thought of anyone living with us.

Maybe we could offer something other

than our living quarters.

What about my first lieutenant?

I'm sure we can find him

somewhere else.

He can stay at the Labarie farm,

it's on our estate.

Get inside, girls.

We'll have to get used to it, I'm

afraid, along with everything else.

There had been no men

in our town for so long.

The mothers of French soldiers

looked on with disgust

and begged God to curse them.

But the young women just looked.

You are beautiful.

What is your name?

Celine. C-E-L-I-N-E.

Celine, could I have a word

with you, please?

Can I carry those bags for you?

I'm going that way anyway.

You can say, "no, thank you."

That's not for in here.

You're not going to like this.

If it makes you feel any better

everybody who can afford

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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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