filmic representations of World War II and more specifically of the period of the Occupation have been essential elements in the construction and reconstruction of collective memory, and at times in its repression, and that they also bear witness to the times in which the films were made.
This is not to say that solidarity and heroic Resistance were not a feature of the period, bu
cinema gave them mythical proportions and obliterated other less glamorous episodes for political expediency
It is only in the 70's that other aspects, seen to be the truth of the Occupation, came out, radically changing the established identity of France as a united nation
profound difficulties France has had in coming to terms with its past
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