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Half-timbered houses, storks, wine, sauerkraut, headdresses, accent: these images and clichés of Alsace occupy the imagination of almost all French people. Few other regions can boast such a friendly and popular heritage. But behind this apparent prosperity and the love of a job well done, a more painful story is revealed. Ravaged by three wars in less than a century, Alsace has seen its inhabitants forced to change nationality four times in the course of a human life. A tormented destiny, out of the ordinary, and little known to the rest of the country. Directors: Richard Puech Year of Production: