A Love to Hide (French title: Un amour àtaire) is a 2005 French film made for television, directed by Christian Faure. It is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel.
The story is set in France during the Second World War.
A young Jewish girl, Sarah, attempts to escape persecution by the Third Reich after witnessing her parents and sister being brutally killed by a smuggler who betrays them during an attempt to flee to England. Traumatized, she is taken in by her childhood friend Jean, a gay man who is secretly involved in a relationship with his lover, Philippe.
For a time, they remain safe thanks to JeanâÂÂs plan to pass Sarah off as a Christian employee at his laundromat under the name Yvonne. However, a poor decision by JeanâÂÂs troublesome brother, Jacques, leads to Jean being falsely accused of having an affair with a German officer. As a result, Jean is arrested and sent to a Nazi labor camp.
A Love to Hide is the second film of director Christian Faure dealing with homosexuality. He had previously directed Just a Question of Love (2000), a made-for-television film chronicling a love story between two young men.
This is one of few films about the deportation of homosexuals during World War II. (Also see Bent.) A Love to Hide is loosely based on the book Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel by Pierre Seel published in 1994.
The Variety Magazine felt the film was sometimes "over-rigged in script and direction" but nonetheless gave a positive review.