Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Original Title: Au revoir les enfants
Drama
War
7.5 (674 votes)
1h 45m
Overview
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Details
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Writer
- Louis Malle
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $105
Cast
Francine Racette
François Berléand
François Négret
Gaspard Manesse
Pascal Rivet
Peter Fitz
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Raphael Fejtö
Richard Leboeuf
Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Keywords
antisemitism
auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
best friend
biography
catholicism
children in wartime
criterion
deportation
france
holocaust (shoah)
jew persecution
jewish boy
national socialism
parent child relationship
resistance
resistance fighter
vichy regime
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