Love between 2 difficult people complicated by oppressive goverment

Rating: Null/10 (20 February 2019)

Although there are two people at the center of the story, there is a third and equally potent "personnage" - which is the totalitarian state.
The director beautifully transitions the story from the milieu of desperate post-war poverty with a very heavy hand of the Communist regime through to affluent, sophisticated and free Parisian society.
Despite these changes in the world around them, Victor and Zula's love affair seems to get more difficult as the years go on.
Regarding the end - the suicide -
I haven't read any reviews that mention it, but it seems obvious to me. THey promise "til death do us part" - then take pills.
Zula tells him to take the larger share of the pills because he "heavier." (It takes more poison for a larger person.) The next scene shows them sitting by the road, looking ghostly. She says, "Let's cross over." They get up and walk out of frame. Then they're gone, with only the wind left behind.