The second is a document which our french assistant wrote in answer to some of the questions. The silence of the sea is a 1949 film by jeanpierre melville. Most of the film is confined to the living room of a bourgeois french family. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between france. The plot is the word used to describe what happens in the book. It was melvilles first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller published clandestinely under the pen name vercors. One of these is a list of revision questions for the aqa a2 speaking test on the cultural topic talk about an author vercors. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents. Howard vernon werner, lofficier allemand jeanmarie robain. The film is very well made, actually one of melvilles better films. Check out our advanced movie search to explore movies like this. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. With julie delarme, michel galabru, thomas jouannet, marie bunel.
Brullers narrative took its point of departure from his own circumstances following frances defeat in 1940. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by her grandfather. The silence of the sea is a 2004 frenchbelgian tv drama film directed by pierre boutron, based on the 1942 book of the same name by jean bruller published clandestinely under the pen name vercors, and starring thomas jouannet, julie delarme and michel galabru. Published secretly in germanoccupied paris, the book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against german occupiers. Also this moc dvd has an excellent transfer, and the extras are really interesting with jeanette vincendeau introducing melville as a film. Drama oorlog film geregisseerd door pierre boutron. The story takes place in 1941 during world war ii, and concerns the relationship of a frenchman and.
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