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In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.Read moreLess
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
The story
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
Cast & crew
Miou-MiouMadeleine
Isabelle HuppertLena Weber
Guy MarchandMichel Korski
Jean-Pierre BacriCosta Segara
Robin RenucciRaymond
Patrick BauchauCarlier
Jacques AlricMr. Vernier
Jacqueline DoyenMme Vernier
Christine PascalSarahExplore the crew
- Director
- Diane Kurys
- Writer
- Alain Le Henry
- Writer
- Diane Kurys
- Editor
- Joële Van Effenterre
- Director of Photography
- Bernard Lutic
- Producer
- Ariel Zeitoun
- Original Music Composer
- Luis Bacalov