This film highlights many of the mixed emotions, loyalties, betrayals and personal sagas that characterized life during the Occupation (1940-44). It has all the features of a classic love/war story: intrigue, suspense, seduction, betrayal--you name the component, and it's part of the film.
Robert Enrico's movie enjoys three good leads :Nathalie Baye,Pierre Arditi and Christophe Malavoy;an interesting situation: the border between Collaboration and Resistance is thin ,and that's Charles's dilemma.His shoes factory is doing fine,with the Germans' blessing .