SUITE FRANCAISE (FILM)

The official film tie-in book published to coincide with the film of Suite Fran aise. France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifling 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' homes. The locals must learn to coexist with the enemy - in their daily lives, their homes, even their hearts. Lucile tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them, but soon a powerful love draws them together and they too fall victim to the tragedy of war. France, 1941. Ir ne N mirovsky, a highly successful novelist living in Paris, begins working on Suite Fran aise. But she is also a Jew, and in 1942 she is arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she dies. For sixty-four years, Suite Fran aise remained hidden in a suitcase, until her daughter, Denise Epstein, discovered it and had it published in 2004. It has since been translated into over 40 languages and hailed world-wide as a masterpiece.