This tranquility is shattered when most of the able-bodied men in the village, including Antoine and Rachel’s husband are conscripted into the army as the Germans attack Poland. It is an idyllic life Antoine is the village postman, Vianne teaches at the local elementary school along with her childhood friend and neighbour Rachel, and the house they stay in has been in Vianne’s family for generations. Vianne, a Frenchwoman in her twenties, lives with her husband Antoine and daughter Sophie in a small village in Carriveau. As she opens it and sorts through the contents untouched for years, she is overwhelmed by memories of her past – her mother, her father, her sister and the War. During packing, she goes into her attic, where lies an old steamer trunk. An old woman is packing her belongings to move into an assisted living facility her son, the only living family she has, thinks she will be more comfortable there.
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