Vianne and Ari: An Adoptive Mother's Love

The Nightingale

The love Vianne develops for Rachel's son, and the pain of letting him go.

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Bearing strength in each event

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The Promise The Promise from "The Nightingale". A New Son The Baby Rachel gives Ari to Vianne. Vianne promises to keep him safe. The Hiding Vianne hides Ari in the barn.

The Promise from "The Nightingale". A New Son The Baby Rachel gives Ari to Vianne. Vianne promises to keep him safe. The Hiding Vianne hides Ari in the barn.

A New Son The Baby Rachel gives Ari to Vianne. Vianne promises to keep him safe. The Hiding Vianne hides Ari in the barn. She gives him a new identity: Daniel Mauriac. The Love Vianne grows to love Ari as her own. He calls her Maman.

The Loss

The Reunion The OSE Jewish relief workers come for Ari. He has relatives in America. The Goodbye Vianne must let him go. She gives him Bébé, Sophie's teddy bear. He cries for her. The Heartbreak Vianne is devastated. She has lost another child. But she knows it is right.

The Reunion The Reunion from "The Nightingale". Fifty Years Later The Meeting At the reunion in Paris, Vianne meets Ari again. He is a grown man. The Gratitude Ari thanks Vianne for saving his life.

The Reunion from "The Nightingale". Fifty Years Later The Meeting At the reunion in Paris, Vianne meets Ari again. He is a grown man. The Gratitude Ari thanks Vianne for saving his life.

Fifty Years Later The Meeting At the reunion in Paris, Vianne meets Ari again. He is a grown man. The Gratitude Ari thanks Vianne for saving his life. He shows her the photograph of Rachel. The Closure Vianne is at peace. She has been reunited with her son. Love lasts.

July 1942

March 1945

May 1995