The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans' arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact....

Lucienne and Bériot say their final goodbyes.

Judgment day arrives for Daniel Larcher and Servier; Marchetti's sentence is carried out.

Bériot has been defeated by his own party; the communists want to win the next elections and set up Marcel as a hero.

A bloody accident at the sawmill sets off a political firestorm.

Hortense's worsening condition compels Daniel to take drastic action.

In 1945, Gustave's past comes back to haunt him.