Underplayed Gems

A Matter of Resistance (1965)

A Matter of Resistance poster
Original title
La Vie de château
Directed by
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Genre
war film, romantic comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
U
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French woman and her husband live a quiet life in a Norman chateau during World War Two. The arrival of a German soldier and a French resistance fighter upends their routines and stirs romance.

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What happens

A Matter of Resistance (French: La Vie de château) is a 1966 French romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Brasseur, Philippe Noiret and Henri Garcin. Set on the coast of Normandy in the summer of 1944, it received the Louis Delluc Prize in 1965. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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