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| 3 | ''Suite Française'' is a 2015 film directed by Saul Dibb. It is the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of the 1942 Irène Némirovsky [[Literature/SuiteFrancaise novel of the same name]] and stars Creator/MichelleWilliams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Creator/KristinScottThomas, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/SamRiley, Creator/LambertWilson, Creator/RuthWilson and Creator/AlexandraMariaLara. |
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| 5 | The story concerns a romance developing between a French woman and a [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German soldier]] during the early years of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German occupation of France]]. |
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| 7 | !!The film provides examples of the following tropes: |
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| 9 | * CunningLinguist: The (French) Vicomte de Montfort speaks German fluently. |
| 10 | * LoveAcrossBattlelines: Lucile (a French woman living under German occupation) and Bruno von Falk (a German occupier) fall in love. |
| 11 | * PropagandaMachine: |
| 12 | ** When Lucile reaches a town after the Stukas attack on the road, an unarmed German plane drops propaganda leaflets that read "Abandoned populations, trust the German soldier". Lucile quickly crumples the one she grabbed. |
| 13 | ** Lucile sees an antisemitic poster (in French) on a wall in the town later on. |
| 14 | * ShellShockSilence: The sound is blurred after the bomb attack by the Stukas on the fleeing French civilians. |
| 15 | * StukaScream: Heard when actual Stuka dive bombers dive to drop bombs on and shoot at fleeing French civilians. |
| 16 | * WarIsHell: Even unarmed fleeing civilians are not spared, when Stukas bomb them and shoot at them. |
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