Review of Suite Française (2015) by Tarloke J — 15 Mar 2015

What a lovely movie this is. I have never seen Michelle Williams since Halloween H20 which was shot during her Dawson's Creek heyday.

This is a story of young woman who's husband is away fighting in the war. She lives with her tyrant of her mother who both go about their business by collecting rent for the various properties owned around the village they live in.

However, one day on the way back home they see enemy planes flying over the field they are driving through. The next few weeks and months change the face of their lives forever.

The Germans descend on this village and each family who is fairly well to do gets their own German to take care of. One partiucar one gets placed with Lucille and her tyrant of a mother in law.

Lucille is not allowed to look at him but eventually it does and they start to become closer. The rest of the movie you see their relationship develop and the difficult nature of the handsome soldiers position in having to dispense justice. His other comrade doesn't have such a conscience about killing and rubs one particular man the wrong way who ends up shooting him dead.

You get to see this man hiding out in Lucilles house until eventually they leave for Paris. It has an unexpected end but you realise that due to who they were Lucille and Bruno, the dashing officer could never be together. The romance in this movie is believable and the way that the story has been translated from the book is beautiful. Its another side of the way and an important story to tell.