A Matter of Resistance

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.

• Jean-Paul RappeneauDirector
• Alain CavalierScreenplay
• Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
• Claude SautetScreenplay
• Daniel BoulangerScreenplay
• Jean-Paul RappeneauScreenplay

• Catherine DeneuveMarie
• Pierre BrasseurDimanche
• Philippe NoiretJérôme
• Mary MarquetCharlotte
• Henri GarcinJulien
• Carlos ThompsonKlopstock
• Paul Le PersonRoger
• Marc DudicourtSchimmelbeck
• Donald O'BrienAmerican Officer