sentences:  In 2007, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels acquired the rights to the novel from publisher Éditions Denoël.The novel was then adapted for the screen by Saul Dibb and Matt Charman, with Dibb directing.Production began to move forward in 2012, with Michelle Williams starring as Lucille Angellier alongside Kristin Scott Thomas as her mother-in-law, and Matthias Schoenaerts as Bruno von Falk.