A classic French movie is being filmed in wartime Nice
Political tensions are building up beneath the Cote d'Azur's sparkling surface
Crew member Martin Harris finds himself caught in a deadly game
And there are no second takes in real life
Hollywood veteran Martin Harris is an electrician at Les Victorines studios in Nice where celebrated director Marcel Carne is filming one of his classics, Les Visiteurs du Soir.
Harris still enjoys living in Nice in spite of the wartimes tensions. With his own secret past, he remains aloof from them. But his detachment unravels when his girlfriend Solange is falsely accused of having an abortion -- a capital crime in Vichy France.
He seeks the help of a police acquaintance but the tables are quickly turned on him. The secret police want information on communist activities at the studio. And he knows they include a plot to assassinate the German Luftwaffe officer who is having a highly visible collaborationist affair with leading France's leading actress.
Caught between protecting his girlfriend and informing on his friends, Harris is forced also to confront the secrets of his own past that led him to France.
For readers of Alan Furst's World War Two novels
Genre: Thriller
Political tensions are building up beneath the Cote d'Azur's sparkling surface
Crew member Martin Harris finds himself caught in a deadly game
And there are no second takes in real life
Hollywood veteran Martin Harris is an electrician at Les Victorines studios in Nice where celebrated director Marcel Carne is filming one of his classics, Les Visiteurs du Soir.
Harris still enjoys living in Nice in spite of the wartimes tensions. With his own secret past, he remains aloof from them. But his detachment unravels when his girlfriend Solange is falsely accused of having an abortion -- a capital crime in Vichy France.
He seeks the help of a police acquaintance but the tables are quickly turned on him. The secret police want information on communist activities at the studio. And he knows they include a plot to assassinate the German Luftwaffe officer who is having a highly visible collaborationist affair with leading France's leading actress.
Caught between protecting his girlfriend and informing on his friends, Harris is forced also to confront the secrets of his own past that led him to France.
For readers of Alan Furst's World War Two novels
Genre: Thriller
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