Strayed
8 Nov 2006
Director: André Téchiné
France, UK
2003
95 min
In June 1940 the German forces are advancing on Paris. There is widespread panic in the city; Odile, a recently widowed mother, succumbs to this and joins the exodus south with her two children. When a German plane attacks the refugees, Odile and the children are left with nothing. Then a mysterious youth appears, seventeen year old Yvan, and leads them away into the forest. They come upon an abandoned property where they find temporary respite from the war. In this isolation Yvan awakens Odile’s desire. In French with English subtitles.