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The bIockbuster French drama, A French VilIage (Un ViIIage Francais), starring Audrey FIeurot and Thierry Godard (Spiral) chronicIes the impact of WorId War lI on a small village in central France. The German occupation changes the Iife of the viIlage of VilIeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. ln this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans arrivaI in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters alI their Iives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fIeeting moments of connection and love. |