The Statement
“At the end of World War II, many of those involved in war crimes were prosecuted. Some got away. Until now.”
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
A chillingly realistic portrayal of moral compromise and the weight of past actions. It feels like a slow-burn descent into the grim realities of collaboration, where every decision carries a heavy consequence.
