Entre Nous

In the fraught winter of 1942, occupied France is a landscape of whispered dangers and impossible choices. A nation under the watchful eye of Vichy authorities and German occupiers breathes a quiet tension that seeps into every street, cafés, and schoolyard. The mood is both stark and intimate, a portrait of lives caught in the gray between survival and conscience, where the ordinary becomes a stage for the extraordinary.

Léna is a young Jewish refugee whose fate teeters on the brink of deportation. In a desperate act of self‑preservation, she accepts a marriage of convenience from Michel, a guard whose own loyalties are tangled in the conflict. Their union, forged in crisis, carries them across the Alps and eventually into the relative calm of post‑war Lyon. Here, in a city rebuilding itself, they raise two daughters, navigating the fragile peace that follows years of turmoil.

Madeleine, a cultured art student turned mother, carries the lingering echo of loss from a wartime tragedy that claimed her first husband. Married now to a supportive partner and raising a son, she embodies the resilience of those who rebuilt their lives amid the rubble of occupation. A chance encounter at their children’s school brings her into contact with Lena, and an immediate, unspoken connection blossoms between the two women, hinting at a friendship that feels both inevitable and unsettling.

Their bond deepens against the backdrop of a France still healing, its streets humming with the promise of new beginnings while shadows of the past linger. The intimacy they share begins to ripple through their households, subtly testing the limits of loyalty, desire, and the conventions of post‑war domestic life. As their worlds intertwine, the film invites viewers into a richly textured exploration of love, identity, and the quiet, simmering tensions that can reshape even the most familiar of relationships.

Last Updated: December 04, 2025 at 16:18