A doctor, a businessman, a teacher and other residents of a rural French village during World War II are unaware of the German occupation looming on the horizon.

Sister Mary is attacked and falls into a coma; Natalina leaves the rectory for the peace of the convent, but it's not quite like she imagined.

The German army sets up barracks in a village school; the local authorities are pressured to hand over a suspect after a telephone line to the school is cut.

An escaped French soldier works to avoid detection as he tries to find medical attention for an injured English pilot.

A propaganda film featuring Adolf Hitler draws boos from the French audience, prompting the German occupiers to demand that a culprit be apprehended.

The village post office begins distributing leaflets of anti-German propaganda, leading the police inspector to believe that Communist dissidents are involved.