The Silence of the Sea (2004)

Original title

Le silence de la mer

Directed by

Pierre Boutron

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1941 France, an elderly French man and his granddaughter are forced to host a German captain in their home. The relationship that develops among them reveals tensions of occupation and quiet resistance.

subduedsubtlesomberquietpoignantrestrainedatmosphericintrospectiveslow-burn

What happens

Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 2004 French-Belgian TV drama film directed by Pierre Boutron, based on the 1942 book of the same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), and starring Thomas Jouannet, Julie Delarme and Michel Galabru. The story takes place in 1941 during World War II, and concerns the relationship of a Frenchman and his granddaughter with a German captain who occupies their house during the German occupation of France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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