Monsieur Batignole

Paris, 1942. Two floors above the Batignole family's butcher shop lives Dr. Bernstein and his family. The Batignole's daughter is engaged to a Nazi loyalist playwright, and when the latter hears about the Jewish family's plans to leave for Switzerland, he reports on them to the SS. No sooner do the Bernstein's disappear, than the Batignole's are moved into their spacious apartment. So, maybe the Nazi occupation isn't so bad after all... But the father's conscience is not quiet, and it is put to the test when Bernstein's son, who managed to escape the transport, comes knocking. Monsieur Batignole is a harsh criticism of the behavior of the French public during WWII, but with its humanely wrought working-class hero, it managed to glean not only positive reviews but the appreciation of French audiences.