Les enfants du pays

May 1940 in the French Ardennes The German Army is getting ready to invade France Old Gustave lives alone in his village with Camille his teenage granddaughter and Etienne his grandson All the other inhabitants have evacuated the village which makes Gustave very happy as he is the sole master there Etienne does not care because he is too young but Camille is beginning to suffer from her solitude and finds it hard to put up with her granddads selfishness and bossiness One day a patrol of Africanborn soldiers Tirailleurs Sénégalais comes to the deserted village