''Le Silence de la Mer'' ( en, The Silence of the Sea) is a 2004 French-Belgian TV

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directed by

Pierre Boutron Pierre Boutron (born 11 November 1947 in Portugal) is a French actor and director. He is married to actress Magali Renoir. Biography Pierre Boutron is a well-known TV director. His ''Des enfants dans les arbres'' or ''Les Faux-fuyants'' was a g ...

, based on the 1942 book of the same name by

Jean Bruller Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller (26 February 1902 – 10 June 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure. Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father, he joined the French Resi ...

(published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), and starring

Thomas Jouannet Thomas Jouannet (born 30 September 1970 in Geneva) is Swiss actor. Biography Jouannet started in a theatre class in Geneva, then he went to Paris and was trained by Jean Périmony. He started his career in several French TV series and TV mov ...

, Julie Delarme and

Michel Galabru Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Career Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for '' Subway''), and Jean-Luc Godard. ...

. The story takes place in 1941 during

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, and concerns the relationship of a Frenchman and his granddaughter with a German captain, who occupies their house during the

German occupation of France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

Plot

France, 1941. During the Nazi Occupation of France, Werner von Ebrennac, a German

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captain requests the house of a man and his granddaughter, Jeanne Larosière, a young piano teacher, to lodge with them. The officer, passionate about French culture, speaks perfect French and is also a classical pianist and composer. Every evening he shares his ideals and his passion for France with his hosts, who oppose him with a fierce and unshakable silence, the only way for them to mark their hostility to the German occupation. Jeanne tries to ignore Werner, but the German officer soon infatuates her.

Cast

as Captain Werner von Ebrennac * Julie Delarme as Jeanne Larosière *

as André Larosière *

Marie Bunel Marie Bunel (born 1961) is a French film and stage actress. Biography Bunel was born on 27 May 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, California and took ...

as Marie * Timothée Ferrand as Pierre *

Jean-Baptiste Puech Jean-Baptiste Puech is a French actor. He graduated from the Maison des Conservatoires in 1998 and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000. Filmography * 2014 Les Gazelles * 2009 Panique * 2009 Quand vient la peur * 2009 Le Repenti ...

as Pascal * Jörg Schnass as le premier officier * Jörn Cambreleng as le second officier * Franck Beckmann as l'ordonnance du capitaine Werner Von Ebrennac * Alexander Ashkenazy as François * Hélène Vauquois as la mère de François * Lucie Barret as Solange * Jean Philippe Mesmain as le père de Solange * Claude Andrzejewski as Louis

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silence de la Mer 2004 films French television films Belgian television films 2000s French-language films 2004 romantic drama films 2000s war drama films French war drama films Belgian war drama films French romantic drama films Films based on French novels French World War II films Belgian World War II films Films set in France Films shot in France French-language Belgian films 2000s French films