The Woman Who Dared (Le Ciel est a vous) (1944)

I enjoyed this film very much.  Compared to the depressing gloom of Port of Shadows this movie is more uplifting and positive.   Curiously, this film was made during the Occupation of France and it is typical for its depiction of gender in the time period.  This film portrays a happy family being forced to move away from their home because the land is being seized (a metaphor perhaps?) for a new airfield.   There are some rough patches along the way but overall from start to finish, the husband and wife's love for each other grows.   Both genders get to show a range of emotions and their elation is contagious.  Pierre is a "gentle" male figure and Therese is an independent and ambitious woman set on beating the flying world record.  It is just pure fun.

There is a subplot involving the daughter's piano lessons.   It is not always apparent why it is relevant but you can draw parallels between the mother-daughter relationship and the grandmother-mother relationship.   However,  the story line is never resolved by the end of the movie.   It is forgotten.   But the filmmaker is too careful to have simply left the story open.   I must believe there is ambiguity for a reason leaving the next fate of the next generation unknown as it was during the Occupation.