Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’ It is the story of how a lowly state administrator unthinkingly becomes a cog in the machine of an authoritarian regime, embracing the bureaucracy and logistics of sending people to their deaths – and it is drawing in audiences to French cinemas.
The French film Notre Salut (Our Salvation), with its modern lighting, improvised scenes and anachronistic 1980 s Europop soundtrack, is far from the standard historical costume drama about the second world war. Continue reading...