Le Silence de la Mer (2004 film)

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Le Silence de la Mer
Original titleLe Silence de la mer
Directed by Pierre Boutron
Screenplay byAnne Giafferi
Based on Le Silence de la mer
by Vercors
Produced by
  • Alain Bordiec
  • Catherine Ruault
Starring
CinematographyAlain Levent
Edited byPatrice Monnet
Music by
  • Jean-Claude Nachon
  • Angélique Nachon
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • France 2 (France)
  • RTBF (Belgium)
Release dates
  • 18 September 2004 (2004-09-18)(Saint Tropez Fiction TV Festival)
  • 24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)(France)
  • 25 October 2004 (2004-10-25)(Belgium)
Running time
93 min
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
Languages
  • French
  • German

Le Silence de la mer (lit. 'The silence of the sea') is a 2004 French-Belgian TV drama film directed by Pierre Boutron, based on the 1942 book of the same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), and starring Thomas Jouannet, Julie Delarme and Michel Galabru. The story takes place in 1941 during World War II, and concerns the relationship of a Frenchman and his granddaughter with a German captain, who occupies their house during the German occupation of France. [1] [2]

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Plot

In 1941 France, during the Nazi occupation of the country, Werner von Ebrennac, a German Wehrmacht captain, requisitions the house of a man and his granddaughter, Jeanne Larosière, a young piano teacher, as his lodging. The officer, passionate about French culture, speaks perfect French and is also a classical pianist and composer. Every evening he shares his ideals and his passion for France with his hosts, who oppose him with a fierce and unshakable silence, the only way for them to mark their hostility to the German occupation. Jeanne tries to ignore Werner, but she soon becomes infatuated with the German officer.

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References

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