A Love To Hide

Director: Christian Fauré
France 2005 103mins
Language: French with English subtitles
Cast: Jérémie Rénier and Bruno Todeschini

Set in Paris in 1942 where two gay lovers, Philippe and Jean, hide their love from their families and the occupying Nazi army. Philippe works with the Resistance while Jean runs his family business, a dry cleaners. When Jean’s Jewish childhood sweetheart, Sara, shows up at their door, her family murdered by the Gestapo, they take her in and nurse her back to health. Philippe gets her a fake ID and Jean gets her a job at the cleaners. But it’s quite a struggle keeping their ragtag family safe from the Nazis. Jean’s brother is a collaborator and his dad a sympathizer. Tragedy closes in as Jean is accused of being a member of the ‘third sex’ and having an affair with a Nazi officer. Superb performances from Jérémie Rénier (Criminal Lovers) and Bruno Todeschini (Son Frère) as the young lovers. The film features strong attention to details as the Nazi occupation of France is rendered in all its infamous glory.