Ignorance

Jeanne Nerin and Marie-Angele Baudry grow up in the village of Ste Madeleine.

Marie-Angele is the daughter of the grocer, inflated with ideas of her own piety and rightful place in society.

Jeanne's mother washes clothes for a living. She used to be a Jew until this became too dangerous.

Jeanne does not think twice about grasping the slender chances life throws at her.

Marie-Angele does not grasp; she aspires to a future of comfort and influence.

When war falls out of the sky, the village must play its part in a game for which no one knows the rules.