![]() The tragedy of Vianne’s own childhood as a result of World War I makes her even more afraid that this tragedy will repeat itself for her family as a result of World War II. When Sophie asks Vianne if war is coming, Vianne tells her daughter not to be afraid, but Vianne remembers her own mother reassuring her before her father went to war. Vianne’s repeated flashbacks to her childhood create the sense that history may repeat itself with Vianne’s daughter, Sophie. ![]() Once Sophie is asleep, Antoine tells Vianne that he is being conscripted into the military and sent to fight the Germans. Vianne tries to ignore it, telling Antoine, “You are here to protect us.” That evening, Sophie observes that her father didn’t laugh at any of her stories that day, declaring that something must be wrong with him. ![]() With such a tumultuous family life, Vianne felt Antoine had offered her an escape.Īfter a blissful picnic, Antoine raises the subject of war with his wife. She thinks back to her own childhood: the death of her mother when she was 14, the emotional absence of her father, and the neediness and constant tears of her her 4-year-old sister, Isabelle. In 1939, in her home in Carriveau, France, Vianne watches her husband, Antoine, and her daughter, Sophie, get ready for a picnic. ![]()
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