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Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Drama War
Release Date: 1987, October 7
Directors: Louis Malle
Countries: Germany, France
Production: Nouvelles Éditions de Films, MK2 Films, Stella Film, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I)
Cast: Sergio Kato, Arnaud Henriet, François Berléand, Irène Jacob, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Gaspard Manesse, Francine Racette, François Négret, Peter Fitz, Pascal Rivet, Richard Leboeuf, Daniel Edinger

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.

Keywords:

biography world war ii resistance parent child relationship france compassionate holocaust (shoah) jew persecution auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp antisemitism calm reflective best friend resistance fighter gentle deportation catholicism national socialism bitter children in wartime vichy regime jewish boy