Un amour à taire

Watching A Love to Hide, I often thought of the British film Bent, which also depicted the situation of homosexuals during World War II, whose (still misunderstood) naturalness often earned them a one-way ticket to a concentration camp. The film has a somewhat slower pace, with everything seeming almost idyllic at first. A family can be really cruel, as Jean finds out the hard way. In addition to the forbidden relationship, the film also focuses on interpersonal relationships in general, addressing the issue of collaboration, human amorality and inhuman cruelty, so it has quite a broad thematic scope. It’s very hard to imagine what conditions were like at that time, and this TV film gives a believable testimony to that. (23.11.2020)