Paris, July 1942.
France is under German occupation. Edmond, a butcher whose
future son in law is an active collaborator, inadvertently
takes part in the deportation of his Jewish neighbor’s
family.
When the neighbor’s son, Simon,
shows up on what used to be his doorstep, he finds that
Edmond and his family are now living there. Feeling guilty
and seeking to avoid trouble with the German authorities,
Edmond hides the boy who is soon joined by his two little
cousins, also orphaned by the war. As it becomes increasingly
difficult for him to hide the kids from his family and from
his son in law’s fascist boss, Colonel Spreich, Edmond
finds himself getting more and more attached to them. Risking
it all, he decides to help them make their way to the Swiss
border. But that’s where his troubles really begin…
A deeply moving story about an ordinary
man who discovers extraordinary courage in himself.
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