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Directed and co-written by the UK’s Saul Dibb, in collaboration with British screenwriter Matt Charman, this rewarding adaptation is both intelligent and compassionate. Featuring strong performances from a talented cast that includes British actors Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley and Ruth Wilson, the film is co-produced by BBC Film, BFI Film Fund and Qwerty Films.

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In Nazi-occupied France, a small town sees the arrival of both refugees from Paris and soldiers from Berlin. With her husband away at war, a lonely French woman (Michelle Williams) tentatively embarks on a romance with a German soldier (Matthias Schoenaerts).