In the history of movies, there has never been a more produced and written about subject than World War II. Some of these movies have been war movies, others about the Hallocaust and others stories like this one about the plight of so many ordinary people in the path of a huge world war, started by Nazi Germany in 1938.
The story of the new French movie “Farewell, Mr. Haffmann” is about a Jewish jeweler in Paris France who is hidden in the basement of one of his employees and his wife when the Germans take over France. The hope is once the conflict subsides, he can escape France and be with his wife who is living in another country. The sub story has to do with the couple unable to have children, and then blackmailing the jeweler to get his wife pregnant. It is this part of the overall story that for me did not work and had no place in a story that was all about the persecution of the Jews during World War II, leading to the Hallocaust.
Due to this strange screenplay idea, I was surprised at the 100% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, about a mostly forgettable World War II story. The IMDB rating for this film is a much more correct 70%, with my rating also 70% and a moderate recommendation mostly for the acting and not for a mostly bad story.
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