Silence of the film This is a very sealed movie, where the action develops according to its own laws. However, it does not get worse from this, especially if the viewer is ready to “understand the rules of the game.”
So,
France is occupied by fascist Germany. Germans are enemies. You can't help them.
The regime is quite liberal: you can criticize the Germans. But there is no force to fight the Germans openly. They can also destroy enemies.
There is a resistance that is slowly destroying the Germans (including through terrorist attacks).
And in the house of the main character settled a German. The only way she could fight him was by silence. Only he is too cultured and spiritual. This makes it different from the young neighbors.
And the almost Shakespearean question arises about the role of duty and love in human life and what to do in case of their conflict.
In the end, Jeanne will make a choice.
In fact, the film is best seen in the original if you don’t know French, because the film is about silence and about emotions that can not be shown. And in such a movie, the sound will only interfere.
What matters is not what they say, but what they say.
9 out of 10
Original