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During the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

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Cast

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Lucile Angellier
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Madame Angellier
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Celine Joseph
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Monsieur Joseph
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Madame Joseph
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Madeleine Labarie
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Benoit Labarie
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Young Priest
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Maurice Michaud
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Madame Michaud
Themis Pauwels ...
Anna
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Leah
Nicolas Chagrin ...
Father Bracelet
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Marthe
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Madame Perrin
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Viscount de Montmort
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Viscountess de Montmort
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Monsieur Dubois
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Lieutenant Kurt Bonnet
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Major
Niclas Rohrwacher ...
Jerome (Bruno's Orderly)
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Lieutenant Bruno von Falk
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Florian
Martin Swabey ...
Gustav
Tara Casey ...
Madame Goulot
Moritz Heidelbach ...
Junior Soldier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irina Aleksandrova ...
Refugee (uncredited)
Dominik Engel ...
Willy (uncredited)
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Madame Pericands (uncredited)
Arnaud Peiffer ...
Junior Soldier - Silhouette (uncredited)
François Zachary ...
Junior soldier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Saul Dibb

Written by

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Saul Dibb ... (screenplay) and
Matt Charman ... (screenplay)
 
Irène Némirovsky ... (based on the novel by)

Produced by

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Len Blavatnik ... executive producer
Romain Brémond ... producer
Andrea Cornwell ... producer
Michael Kuhn ... producer
Christine Langan ... executive producer
Charles Layton ... executive producer
Genevieve Lemal ... associate producer
Xavier Marchand ... producer
Christine Raspillère ... line producer
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye ... financier
Bob Weinstein ... executive producer
Harvey Weinstein ... executive producer

Music by

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Rael Jones

Cinematography by

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Eduard Grau ... director of photography

Editing by

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Chris Dickens

Editorial Department

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Maria Chamberlain ... assistant digital intermediate colorist
Peter Collins ... data and workflow manager
Georgina Cranmer ... data wrangler
Sinéad Cronin ... digital on-line editor
Rob Farris ... digital intermediate head of production
Neil Harrison ... senior digital intermediate administrator
Lawrence Hook ... digital film bureau
Tom Kemplen ... additional editor
Denis Leborgne ... assistant editor
Patrick Malone ... digital intermediate head of department
Gemma McKeon ... digital intermediate post producer
Alexandra Montgomery ... post-production coordinator
James Panting ... assistant editor
Tom Randaxhe ... assistant editor
Thialy Sow ... assistant editor
Daniel Tomlinson ... digital on-line editor
Laurent Treherne ... digital film technical supervisor
Hervé Vander Heyden ... telecine dailies colorist
Diana Vasquez ... digital intermediate assistant colorist

Casting By

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Daniel Hubbard

Production Design by

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Michael Carlin

Art Direction by

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Ravit Bechor ... art director: preparation
Gareth Cousins
Patrick Rolfe ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by

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Véronique Melery

Costume Design by

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Michael O'Connor

Makeup Department

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Virginie Berland ... assistant hair stylist
Peggy Bernaerts ... hair: crowd / make-up: crowd
Jacqueline Bhavnani ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Mike Carpino ... hair stylist
Cora Debain ... hair stylist
Evie Hamels ... hair stylist
Sarah Kelly ... hair & makeup artist
Anne Moralis ... crowd supervisor
Danièle Parmentier ... hair stylist
Vincent Respriget ... hairdresser
Gill Robillard ... makeup artist: Ms Scott Thomas
Jenny Shircore ... hair designer / makeup designer
Kaatje Van Damme ... hair & makeup artist
Frank Van Wolleghem ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Farah Abushwesha ... production manager: uk
Jeanette Haley ... post production supervisor
Nicolas Honorez ... assistant production manager
Marilyne Maia ... production manager: Scope Pictures
Charlie Maréchal ... production runner
Sabrina Seillier ... set unit manager
Nora Thomas ... assistant production manager: Scope Pictures
François-Xavier Willems ... production coordinator

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tom Ackerley ... third assistant director
Michaël de Nijs ... second second assistant director
Winter Goury du Roslan ... third assistant director
Aaron Hartley ... second assistant director
Sylvain Jouannet ... second assistant director
Miklos Keleti ... additional assistant director: crowd
Bryn Lawrence ... second assistant director
Josey McNamara ... second assistant director
Alex Oakley ... first assistant director
François Parascan ... crowd co-ordinator
Laetitia Wolkowitz ... assistant director

Art Department

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Cedric Ardement ... set dresser
Yves Capelle ... storyboard artist
Laura Conway-Gordon ... standby art director
Johanna Daenen ... painter
Manuel Demoulling ... on-set propmaster
Fabien Domange ... carpenter
Sven Haerden ... carpenter
Peter Janssen ... carpenter
Geraldine Laferte ... Assistant set decorator: Géraldine Laferte
Pascal Mievis ... carpenter
Johan Paepe ... carpenter
Thierry Proumen ... carpenter
Thierry Proumen ... carpenter (as Thierry Prouman)
Julie Ridremont ... scenic painter
Stephan Rubens ... construction manager
Perrine Rulens ... assistant set decorator
Lomme Smeyers ... carpenter
Guarino Suarez-Piedra ... assistant property master / props
Niels Terwingen ... carpenter
Bart van Lint ... construction coordinator
Eric Verheyden ... property carpenter
Ilse Willocx ... props
Chris Wyatt ... draughtsman (as Christopher Wyatt)
Roxanne Wylleman ... set decorator runner
Alessia Wyss ... property maker

Sound Department

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Mark Appleby ... adr mixer
Dominik Avenwedde ... adr recordist
Thomas Berliner ... boom operator
Chris Chae ... adr recordist
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer
Gisela Fulla-Silvestre ... assistant sound editor
Al Green ... mix technician
Stephen Griffiths ... supervising sound editor
Bill Higley ... adr mixer
Matt Johns ... assistant foley editor
Lucas Le Bart ... second sound assistant (as Lucas le Bart)
Brian Magrum ... adr mixer
Pierre Mertens ... sound mixer
Steve Neal ... adr technical support
Keith Partridge ... foley engineer
Robbie Scott ... sound mix technician
Andy Shelley ... supervising sound editor
Barnaby Smyth ... foley artist / foley supervisor
Jason Stevens ... sound negative
Mike Tehrani ... adr recordist

Special Effects by

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Sefian Benssalem ... special effects
Jean-Christophe Bourgeois ... special effects technician
Charlie Cantraine ... special effects crew
Olivier de Laveleye ... special effects coordinator
Maurice Grégoire ... special effects crew

Visual Effects by

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Liesbeth Beeckman ... visual effects line producer
Görtz Boris ... digital compositor
Alvaro Cajal ... digital compositor
Cyril Conforti ... digital compositor
Nicolas Corson ... digital compositor
Cédric Delhaye ... digital compositor
Michel Denis ... visual effects producer
Roland Dobson ... digital compositor
Javier Garcia del rio Beneyto ... digital compositor
Ronald Grauer ... visual effects supervisor
Hadrien Huvelle ... devops
Kristof Indeherberge ... digital compositor
Fabrice Laroche ... lead matchmove technical director
Maxime Laurent ... digital compositor
Mélanie Le Bloa ... digital compositor
Jelmen Palsterman ... digital compositor
Julien Pernes ... lighting: modeling
Rob Pizzey ... digital colorist
Leslie Renaud ... digital compositor
Maxime Richard ... animation/modeling
Frédéric Vanmeerbeeck ... assistant vfx set supervisor
Luciano Vittori Jr. ... titles design

Stunts

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Jean-Louis Bonnet ... stunt driver
Shirley Denoual ... stunt double: Lucille
Dominique Fouassier ... stunt coordinator
Sébastien Fouassier ... assistant stunt coordinator
Jérôme Gaspard ... stunt double: Lambert Wilson
Aurélien Grelier ... stunt double: Benoit
Alain Grellier ... stunt driver
Pascal Madura ... horse master
Gerd Nefzer ... tank driver
Malory Pacevicius ... stunts
Bernd Rautenberg ... tank driver
Mathias Spannagel ... tank driver
Jürgen Thiel ... tank driver
Yann Tremblay ... stunts
Carole Vérité ... stunt double: Madam Angellier
Daniel Vérité ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Gauthier Berlaimont ... lighting technician
Bruno Calvo ... still photographer
Coline Casse ... video assist
Julien Chassaignon ... grip
Julien Covens ... grip
Tinus Dam ... additional electrician
Ludovic Destrebecq ... balloon light operator
Wouter Dewilde ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Sylvain Fradier ... first assistant b camera
Didier Frateur ... camera operator
Luc Frisson ... focus puller: c camera, opv
Philip George ... drone pilot
Letizia Giorgi ... second assistant camera
Mike Hadermann ... lighting electrician (as Mike Haderman)
Steffan Hill ... still photographer
Nicolas Lemoine ... grip
Elías M. Félix ... video assist
Koen Martens ... lighting technician
Floriane Medale ... second assistant camera
Bertrand Monette ... additional electrician
Neus Ollé ... c camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Guenael Pinson ... grip: additional
Pau Reig ... first assistant camera
Mathilde Reumont ... second assistant camera
Jean-François Roqueplo ... grip
Jan Rubens ... b camera operator / steadicam operator
Pol Stinders ... lighting technician
Wim Temmerman ... gaffer
Stéphane Thiry ... key grip
Gideon van Essen ... best boy lighting
Christophe Vanhoutte ... lighting technician
Chris Renson ... additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Louis Elman ... adr voice casting
André Della Faille ... extras casting
Benoit Luporsi ... casting director: Belgium
Sebastian Moradiellos ... casting director: Belgium (as Sebastiàn Moradiellos)
Gemma Sykes ... casting associate
Sèbastien Verbustel ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Roberto Baiza Gonzalez ... wardrobe
Samira Benali ... wardrobe
Sophie Bugeaud Labrune ... crowd costume supervisor: fitter (as Sophie Bugeaud)
Raphaelle Debattice ... textile artist
Jackye Fauconnier ... costumer
Paloma Garcia Martens ... set costumer
Caroline Gereduz ... set costumer
Georgina Gunner ... costume supervisor
Anna Kot ... assistant costume designer
Lise Lejeune ... set costumer
Calandra Meredith ... key costumer
Gaëtane Paulus ... wardrobe supervisor
Bineta Saware ... wardrobe (as Binéta Saware)
Marine Stevens ... dresser
John Usher ... costumer
Cecile Van Dijk ... costume cutter
Emma Walker ... textile artist
Sabine Zappitelli ... wardrobe

Location Management

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Guy Baudoin ... location scout
Chloe Boiteux ... location staff (as Chloé Boiteux)
Noémie Caloussis ... location staff
Maxime Couteret ... locations scout
Charlotte Desmaret ... location assistant
Diego Dutordoir ... key assistant location manager
Sacha Ferbus ... location staff
Julien Le Roux ... location assistant
Roger Schins ... location manager

Music Department

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Becky Bentham ... score coordinator
Alexandre Desplat ... composer: Bruno's Theme
Andrew Dudman ... music recording engineer / music scoring mixer
Catherine Grieves ... score coordinator
Tessa Harris ... music researcher
Matt Jones ... score assistant engineer
Rael Jones ... orchestrator / pianist
Mark Kirby ... music supervisor
Rachael Lander ... musician: cello
Nora Mullally ... music business/legal services
Carly Paradis ... trailer music
Joe Rubel ... score programmer
Hilary Skewes ... musician contractor
Anthony Weeden ... conductor / orchestrator
Richard Harwood ... musician: principal cello (uncredited)
Roger Linley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Irene Chawko ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Caroline de Bethune ... tech trucks coordinator
Nicolas De Zuttere ... picture car coordinator
Charles Heidet ... picture car coordinator
Muriel Kuypers ... cast driver
Agata Licciardello ... driver: Kristin Scott Thomas
Slim Nebigh ... daily driver
Quentin Reumont ... picture car coordinator
Ludwig Töpke ... transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

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Jacqui Barr ... marketing executive
Jean-Christophe Bourgeois ... armorer
Nancy Brasseur ... production accountant
William Conacher ... dialect coach: Matthias Schoenaerts
Matt Curtis ... titles designer
Elodie Delaigle ... production assistant
David Finnigan ... production coordinator: uk
Jean-Baptiste Foucart ... stand-in
Gilles Franchimont ... set unit manager / unit set manager
Alain Gales ... epk producer
Fréderic Hardy ... carriages and horses
Boyd Harvey ... insurance: Media Insurance Brokers
Roxane Haulot ... production staff
Kevin Jamotte ... assistant set unit manager
Oliver Kassman ... development and production executive: Qwerty Films
Marc Leroyer ... weapons armourer
Nichola Martin ... development executive: BBC Films
Helene Milan ... production coordinator (as Hélène Milan)
Tariq Mirza ... production legal
Martin Neufkens ... production accountant (as Neufkens Martin)
Freya Pinsent ... production accountant
Myriam Rak ... legal clearance supervisor
Malcolm Ritchie ... partner: Qwerty Films
Neil Swain ... company dialect coach
Sandrine Tenaud ... craft service
Dietrich Verzele ... horse master
Kaspar Vogler ... production assistant
François-Xavier Willems ... additional production coordinator
Laura Wilson ... director of development: eOne

Thanks

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Hassan Amini ... thanks
Alexandra Arlango ... special thanks
Jean Elizabeth Ash ... thanks
Eileen Atkins ... special thanks
Judith Becqueriaux ... special thanks
Elinor Burns ... thanks
Cassandra Carias ... special thanks
Jenne Casarotto ... thanks
Alison Cornwell ... special thanks
Nicolas Dauplé ... special thanks
Stijn De Block ... thanks
Cheli Duran ... thanks
Béatrice Duval ... special thanks
Denise Epstein ... in memory of (as Denise Epstein-Dauplé)
Ian Forbes ... thanks
Stéphanie Hugé ... thanks
Charlotte Kelly ... thanks
Saher Khan ... special thanks
Anton Lesser ... special thanks
Alexandra Marchand ... special thanks
Alice Marchand ... special thanks
Lily Marchand ... special thanks
Catherine McNamara ... special thanks
Olivier Philipponnat ... special thanks
Simon Renshaw ... special thanks
Philippe Reynaert ... thanks
Olivier Rubinstein ... special thanks
Eric Vandenkerckhoven ... thanks
Hal Vogel ... thanks
John Warnock ... thanks
Mathew Wilkinson ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams) is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law, Madame Angellier (Dame Kristin Scott 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 houses. Lucile initially tries to ignore Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias 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. Written by Polly_Kat

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Taglines When you fall in love with your enemy. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Suite française (France)
  • Suite française (Canada, French title)
  • Suite française (Belgium)
  • Suite Francaise (New Zealand, English title)
  • Suite Francaise (Ireland, English title)
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Runtime
  • 107 min
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Budget EUR15,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The movie is based on Irène Némirovsky's unfinished book "Suite Française" and focuses on the novel "Dolce". The book was only found after Némirovsky's death at a concentration camp in Auschwitz in 1942. Her elder daughter, Denise Epstein, kept the notebook containing the manuscript of Suite Française for fifty years without reading it, believing that it would indeed be a journal or diary too painful to read. In the late 1990s, however, having made arrangements to donate her mother's papers to a French archive, Denise decided to examine the notebook first. At last discovering what it contained, she instead had it published in France, where it became a bestseller in 2004. See more »
Goofs In one of the last scenes where Michelle Williams is driving away, the camera pans out to a landscape shot. The adjacent wheat field clearly shows tracks of a sprayer used to dessicate the wheat - there was no such thing in 1940. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Home/Suite Française (2015). See more »
Soundtracks Musik Musik Musik See more »
Crazy Credits Némirovsky's original hand-written manuscript of the novel is shown beneath the ending credits. See more »
Quotes Lucile Angellier: Be careful... with your life.
Lieutenant Bruno von Falk: Is it precious to you?
Lucile Angellier: Yes. It is precious to me.
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