This first TV spot has arrived online for ‘Suite Française,’ the adaptation of Irene Nemirovsky’s acclaimed novel about the tense love-affair between a young French woman, Lucile (Michelle Williams), and the German officer (Matthias Schoenaerts) assigned to supervise her in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The likes of Sam Riley, Kristen Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie, Ruth Wilson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Tom Schilling and Eileen Atkins co-star in the film, which opens on March 13th.
French writer Irene Nemirovsky, of Ukrainian Jewish origin, had originally intended to write a series of five novels. In July 1942, having just completed the first two of the series, she was arrested, detained and sent to Auschwitz, where she died at the age of 39. The notebook containing the two novels was preserved by her daughters but not made public until 1998. They were published in a single volume called ‘Suite Française’ in 2004. ’The Duchess’ director Saul Dibb has adapted Nemirovsky’s novel and helms the film.
Set in France during 1940, SUITE FRANÇAISE follows beautiful Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams) who awaits news from her husband, a prisoner of war whilst leading a stifled existence with her mean, controlling mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas). When Parisian refugees pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers’ homes, Lucile’s life is turned upside down.
In the Angellier home, Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts), the handsome and refined German officer who has been posted to live with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and traps them in the tragedy of war.
