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Of
course her father finds out about it. And with the help of the résistance they
strike back. They attack
(her father and some men) a place where the bad ones
are staying.
During the attack some of the bad ones are killed, included a German officer.
Matthias manages to get away. Next day the German army strikes back
with taking on some citizens and threaten to execute them at
18.00- if not the
responsible turn in. Lea’s father, can't let this happen and goes to town for giving him self
in. At the same time it comes to some action. Relatives of the victims try
to set them free and it comes to an exchange of fire. And Lea’s father
is hit by a deadly shot before he can tell the truth. Lea comes only
to find her dead father straight after….. now she is all alone,
there is not much left of the strong girl you meet at the beginning of the film.
A little later she is asleep at home when Francois comes by, he has heard the news, he
can't tell why or how he knows, but writes down his address to Lea.
After
a while Gestapo finds out about Camille and Laurent, they arrest Camille and torture her.
Lea visits her at the prison and understands that Camille will not survive
for much longer. She has to do something. Lea goes to Paris to find
Francois with German officers. She does not know what to believe, is he with
the enemy? Francois tells Lea that he has done what he can to help Camillie, but he
can't get her out of prison. At night they make love, she tells him about
what happened between her and Laurent and what Matthias did. Before she leaves for home he asks her for a
meeting after the war. The answer he gets is: "a meeting for the living
or for the dead?”
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Lea
leaving Paris for home. |
Matthias
takes on Lea. |
Lea
straight before Camillie comes from prison. |
Warned
bye the résistance. |
Lea, Laurent jr.
and the blue bicycle. |
Lea
and Laurent jr. on the run.
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The
only thing she can do now is to turn to Matthias who has earlier sold his
soul to the Gestapo, and also raped her badly just a short time
earlier. This time she gives herself to him "willingly",
in exchange for Camille's freedom. He takes her, and you can
clearly see her pain and deep sorrow.
At
least Matthias keeps his word,
Camillie is coming home to Lea and little Laurent jr. The year
is now 1944, and Gestapo is working hard to get rid of the resistance. They
find out about Lea, Camille and the résistance, and come after them. This time Lea
is lucky, they get warned and manages to flee Montillac just before the soldiers
come. They join a résistance
group and hide there. She now starts an active role with the resistance. One night she meets the unknown leader of the resistance.
''Mayenne'', the head of the resistance of
the South-western network to which Lea's group belongs: is no other than
Francois. Now at last, she knows, he is on the right side. Francois, who
from the beginning has told her straight forward that he loves her has to go back
to Paris.
One
fine morning, the resistance gets caught by the French Gestapo men. A hard
fight
starts. Camille gets killed when she runs for her little boy. Leas uncle dies too, when he throws his body over a
hand grenade. Matthias is among the attackers, and find himself close to kill his own father
who is among
the résistance. He turns against his own Gestapo friends and has to flee. In
the action, Lea manages to flee herself with little Laurent. She finds Matthias
dying. She is the last thing he's ever seeing, and the last words he
can hear is Lea’s
desperate words “what has this war done with us, Matthias.”
Lea
flies far away with little Laurent, and after some days they are standing face to
face with a bunch of soldiers. This time it’s the US-Army, on their way
to Paris.
For
France and Lea the war is over, she is glad but empty inside. In Paris she
finds Laurent with the other soldiers, he is so glad to see Lea and his
son, but not so glad when he finds out what happened to his wife.
Some
time after this, Laurent
asks Lea
if she is still in love with him. Lea (poor girl) is just all empty inside and
has no more love to give. She has just before that received a letter from
Francois, who tells her that he loves her , and that he wants to give her his
love. He also tells, that this is his last try and if she still loves Laurent,
he wishes her a happy life with him. Laurent drives her back to Montillac,
which was ruined by the Gestapo, just before the liberation.
Lea
walks slowly through the house, not
happy at all. From a window she sees a man standing in the garden. The man is
Francois. Finally the sun shines on the poor Lea, as she finds herself
in the arms of Francois.
And
that's the end.
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