Suite française (2015)

Original title

Suite Française

Directed by

Saul Dibb

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,151 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French woman living in a small village develops a forbidden romance with a German soldier during the occupation of France in World War II. The story focuses on the emotional conflict between loyalty and love in a time of war.

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What happens

Suite Française is a 2015 war romantic drama film directed by Saul Dibb and co-written with Matt Charman. It is based on the second part of Irène Némirovsky's 2004 novel of the same name. The film stars Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sam Riley, Ruth Wilson, Lambert Wilson and Margot Robbie. It concerns a romance between a French villager and a German soldier during the early years of the German occupation of France during World War II. Suite Française was filmed on location in France and Belgium. It was released theatrically in the UK on 13 March 2015 and premiered in the US through Lifetime cable network on 22 May 2017. The film was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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