Femme entre chien et loup (1979) Directed by André Delvaux
Drama / War
aka: Woman in a Twilight Garden
Film Synopsis
Antwerp, 1940. Lieve is married to Adriaan, a Belgian
nationalist. When Belgium falls to Nazi Germany, Adriaan switches
his allegiances and goes to fight on the Eastern Front. Lieve is
less willing submit to the Nazis and she shelters a resistance member,
François, who is being hunted by the German patrols. The
two fall in love and it is thanks to François that Lieve avoids
being punished as a collaborator after the Liberation. When she
learns that her husband has been thrown into prison, Lieve knows that
she must end her affair with François and do what she can to
save Adriaan...
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.