Paris and the war. - Why is everything so complicated?
Life is difficult because ... because war.
- Where is the war, tell me?
There. (Mate points to his forehead.)
Paris during the occupation of France by Germany appears before the viewer through the eyes of a schoolboy Benji. He's the younger brother in the family. He loves, appreciates, respects his father, connoisseur and connoisseur of French literature.
But Benji doesn't understand much about the world around him.
Why does his father protect the Germans when almost everyone around him treats them very badly? Why does he throw his fists at a colleague who reproached him for the lack of moral values?
Why did his high school friend Tesa stop talking to him because she was wearing a yellow star? Where did she go after that?
Why is there not enough food in the store and have to live from hand to hand?
There is no military action in Paris. Peaceful life continues in the occupied city. Enemies are not like enemies.
" Do you remember that group of sailors I photographed? Those German sailors in front of the pool? I think they were the only Germans, the only enemies in 4 years that I met.
- Are you forgetting about the brass band?
War is invisible in Benji’s life. Something elusive and incomprehensible destroys everything around him, destroys his desire and desire to live a happy joyful life.
After the liberation of Paris, his father was arrested. The war continues to raise questions. “He was wrong. Seriously wrong. But he didn't kill anyone, torture or extradite anyone. Why would he want that? Why are we being treated badly?
Where can I find the answers to these questions? Who can tell you?
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