This article from Variety magazine talks about how the film was meant to contradict the belief of a "universal resistance" to the Nazi occupation by the French people. The film does this through its main character, Albert Dehousse. Albert Dehousse through his actions brings into question the very meaning of what a hero is, in historical terms. Those who are villains one day might ultimately be remembered as heroes, and vice versa. And so Albert Dehousse represents the revisionism of French history that occurred after the war. Many in France attempted to go back and paint French actions during the war in the best of lights, minimizing large scale French collaboration and maximizing French Resistance. The film's aim is to show the simple fact that many in France were indifferent about the occupation. Furthermore, the way that the director blends the film with fake news interviews of historians and neighbors blends fiction with reality, further distorting the true. Additionally, it also creates a sense of collective revisionism as it is everyone who is now connected to Albert Dehousse.
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