A low quality version of this trailer for Suite Francaise, a movie that was originally considered to be a possible Oscar contender at the beginning of the year, premiered last week, but now a high quality, HD version has arrived, previewing the World War II era feature starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Michelle Williams, Sam Riley and Matthias Schoenaerts among many, many others.
Directed by Saul Dibb (The Duchess), the film is set in France, 1940, the first days of occupation, and the beautiful Lucile Angellier (Williams) is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law (Thomas) as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers’ own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk (Schoenaerts), the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
The film, which is being distributed by The Weinstein Co., will have its world premiere at the American Film Market, which is not exactly the kind of high profile premiere a film of this pedigree would be expected to receive. Could the Weinsteins be looking to dump it on someone else? If it was a real player it would have premiered at one of the fall film festivals or even the AFI.
Margot Robbie, Ruth Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Eileen Atkins and Alexandra Maria Lara co-star, give the first trailer a watch below.
