Plot Summary

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.

Movie Details

Original Title
Coup de foudre
Status
released
Original Language
fr

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy

Production Companies

S.F.P.C.
Partner's Productions
Alexandre Films logoAlexandre Films
Hachette Première logoHachette Première
Films A2