The read
Scores higher than 74% of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law 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, 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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic63/100
1,157 audience votes
Key crew
- Saul DibbDirector
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Matt CharmanWriter
- Saul DibbWriter
- Rael JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michelle WilliamsLucille Angellier
- Kristin Scott ThomasMadame Angellier
- Matthias SchoenaertsLieutenant Bruno Von Falk
- Sam RileyBenoit Labarie
- Ruth WilsonMadeleine Labarie
- Heino FerchMajor
- Tom SchillingLieutenant Kurt Bonnet
- Harriet WalterViscountess Montmort
- Alexandra Maria LaraLeah
- Clare HolmanMarthe
- Margot RobbieCeline Joseph
- Lambert WilsonViscount Montmort
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Themes
based on novel or bookworld war iiprisoner of warforbidden lovefrench resistancenazi occupationgerman soldier1940s