Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set in a France still reeling from the First World War and limbering up for the Second. Faulks examines the hopes, fears and passions of a few individuals and explores a world of fragile optimism, where the signs of another war are already on the horizon. Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead Etienne ...... Toby Jones Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver Mireille ...... Avril Clark Directed by Frank Stirling A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.