The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Acting
Céline Sallette's face does what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Jean-Pierre Denis lets guilt breathe in every rural shadow.
Cinematography
Périgord countryside: deceptive beauty hiding occupied dread.
Director
Jean-Pierre Denis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real wartime betrayals in occupied southwest France, where Catholic institutions faced impossible choices between protecting refugees and avoiding Nazi retaliation.
The film deliberately obscures Luce's true motives—Denis wanted audiences to sit in the same moral confusion her contemporary judges faced. You're not meant to solve her.
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