It is the story of Germany's occupation of France, where Lucille Angelier was waiting for her husband's news, along with her bad mother-in-law. When a group of German soldiers arrived in the city, they decided to go home. Now, Lucille is trying to ignore Bruno, the German commander who was deployed in her home, to get things done, but she soon falls in love with him automatically.
As doomed wartime romances go, the film doesn't offer anything particularly original. But with palpable tension and poignancy, Suite Francaise is fine filmmaking well worth watching.
Concentrated, very focused, with a great recreation of the time period and Kristin Scott Thomas unleashing her talent with overpowering precision, the movie is a good proposal amidst the current wave of WWII revisionism. [Full Review in Spanish]
This movie engages the viewer from the beginning due to the great performances, the production design and the chemistry between Michelle Williams and Schoenaerts. [Full Review in Spanish]
A sturdy enough but ultimately overpolite entry into the classic wartime women's melodrama, in which war's impact on the lonely heart is nearly as devastating as the havoc wreaked on limb and landscape.
