Based on the best-selling book by Irene Nemirovsky and set during the German occupation of France in the 1940';s, Suite Française tells the story of Lucille Angellier waits for news of her husband, along with her domineering mother-in-law. When a regiment of German soldiers arrive in the town, they soon move into the villagers'; homes. Lucille tries to ignore Bruno, the German commander who has been posted at her house, but she soon falls in love with him.