La Franceby Katie Smyth
SquareOne Entertainment
Newlywed Camille awakens in war-torn 1917 France to find a letter from her soldier husband telling her to forget him and that she will never hear from him again.
Undeterred, our androgynous heroine takes off into the wild in search of the Front and her beloved. Garbed as a boy and half-starved she runs in with an unlikely troop of soldiers who after much hesitation, poisonous mushrooms and a wide shot eventually grudgingly accept her company.
All is not as it seems however, as Camille’s new found friends appear less concerned with rejoining the fray than regaling each other with myths of Atlantis and impromptu singsongs. Ever wondered where the Beatles drew their inspiration for Sergeant Pepper? Look no further than the jaunty uniforms, experimental vocal arrangements and dubious instruments of these travelling minstrels.
Unsettling from the start and gripping throughout it’s hard to pinpoint whether La France is more of an indictment of Gallic war mongering or a simple insight into the human need for self-preservation.
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