“Celine” is an original story created by Thomas Sundström (director, writer and composer).
The story was made up inspired by a short note in Barbara Tuchmans great work “ August 1914”.
In a few sentences the text mentions a young Belgian, a five months old baby - Felix Fivet, who was executed by the
Germans as a “member the Belgian resistance”.
The story of Celine, the mother of Felix, was purly fictional, but turned out to have strange similarities to the events taking place in the first month of World War 1.

The story
It is 1913, on the eve of war. Celine lives with her father Frederic and her brother Pascal in the Belgian town of Dinant. Emile, a German, comes to town; and after hearing Celine sing in Church he is determined to meet her. They fall in love, to Frederic´s dismay; and after a bitter quarrel with her father, Celine runs away with Emile. When Emile leaves Dinant, Celine is carrying his child.
She gives birth to a son, Felix; but Frederic refuses to accept his half-German grandchild.
At he same time Emile is marching with the German army which invades Belgian.
When they reach Dinant he deserts to find Celine and their child…