Peter and Lucie

This love story, marked by the suffering of war, was first published in 1920. Set in France during the final year of the First World War, it tells the fragile story of two young people, Pierre and Lucie, who meet during the bombing of Paris. Their shy courtship helps them to momentarily forget the horrors of the war raging around them, and they spend more and more time in their own world. The purity of their relationship and their ability to live only for the present moment contrasts with the oppressive atmosphere of the surrounding war. It is clear to them both that their happiness could end at any moment. Pierre has already received his conscription papers. Therefore, they decide to marry at Easter. But Paris is constantly plagued by air raids…