This summer, take a cinematic journey into one of the most complex and defining periods of French history. The Alliance Française de St. Louis is proud to present Occupied France During WWII, a free Summer Film Series exploring life in France under German occupation through the lens of four remarkable French films. All screenings will take place at the Alliance Française and are free and open to AFSTL members and your guests.

For our final film of the series, we will be watching Un héros très discret (1996), which follows which follows Albert Dehousse (Mathieu Kassovitz), a restless young man living in a small village, who longs to be a World War II hero but is denied military service because his mother is a war widow.

When Albert finds out that his late father wasn't as upstanding as he'd thought, and that his mother has been a Nazi collaborator, he leaves his home and family and heads to Paris to join the French Resistance, passing himself off as a hero despite his sheltered life.

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2025 Screening Schedule:

• July 6 @ 6pm – Le Silence de la Mer (1949), Jean-Pierre Melville

• July 20 @ 6pm – Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), Louis Malle

• August 3 @ 6pm – Une Affaire de Femmes (1988), Claude Chabrol

• August 17 @ 6pm – Un Héros très Discret (1996), Jacques Audiard