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Can anyone explain the title?


According to a friend of mine who speaks French, La Treve literally means "Truce." I don't understand the English translation of this series and how it relates to the story.

Anyone have any thoughts about this?

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You are correct. Google translater also translates it to The Truce. Why truce I dont know...yet. I will be back after a couple more episodes.

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The show has been titled in English as The Break. Does that make more sense to you?

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Trêve has a broader meaning of break or pause. Trêve d'hostilités is a truce but Trêve d'hiver is a winter break in a sports season. I still don't really get the title.

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In episode 3 I think, he tells the neighbor lady Ines that after his wife died he wanted to make a complete break from the big city and from anything that could remind him of her and her death. He also thought a break would be good for his daughter.

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