Suite Française

About Suite Française

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war.

Suite Française (2015) is a romance war film directed by Saul Dibb. Its themes are forbidden love, prisoner of war, nazi occupation, and german soldier.

Michelle Williams takes the lead as Lucille Angellier, Kristin Scott Thomas as Madame Angellier, Matthias Schoenaerts as Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk, and Sam Riley as Benoit Labarie. Released in March 2015, it runs 103 minutes.

The screenplay is by Matt Charman and Saul Dibb. The story is adapted from a novel. It streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Great Escape, Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, and The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society make useful companions to Suite Française, all filed under 1940s and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 1,158 votes and it carries a NR rating.