Was the stuff in the closing moments about the discovery of the manuscript couched in terms that made it seem that it was a true story rather than fiction? I admit I was distracted as the house lights came up 10 minutes before the end (which seems to happen quite often now).
shareThanks so much for a posting this. I can't believe I missed that!
I admit my Mum and I did look at each other in surprise at the end both thinking: 'Wow, didn't even realise it was based on a true story'.
Thinking about it now, it's pretty obvious - the differences in the names (Lucile, Irene) and mentioning that she was persecuted for being Jewish and died at Auschwitz. But it does give you the initial impression that you just watched a true story and the diaries of the subject of the film were what was found in the suitcase all those years later.
Pretty sure the end text mentions how Bruno (the fictional character) died later. That text about the fictional characters goes straight into the non-fictional account of Irene's writing of the novel and posthumous publication. There should have been a longer pause between the two or more obvious differentiation.
It wasn't a true story. It was fiction. Irene Nemirovsky wrote the book that the film was based on but it was all a fictional story. She intended to write two more volumes to continue the book but she was sent to a German concentration camp and died in 1942. You are confusing the author's personal story (which was real of course) and the story she wrote which is all fiction.
shareNo, the entire story is fiction. The 1st person diary narration is just how the author chose for the story to be told. Michelle Williams' character was not Jewish. The writer herself and was sent off to a concentration camp where she eventually died before completing the other two books that she had planned.
shareWas the stuff in the closing moments about the discovery of the manuscript couched in terms that made it seem that it was a true story rather than fiction?If that was your impression then I think it was wrong. I believe the original manuscript was shown to underline who the author was and her circumstances in WW2.
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