Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Country: FR
Technical: col 107m
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fetjö, Francine Racette, François Berléand
Synopsis:
At a Carmelite school for boys during WW2 the friendship between French and Jew is brutally cut short by a Nazi round-up of children in hiding from deportation.
Review:
An affecting and terrible story, all the more since it is autobiographical. The director's observation of the way children interact is undiminished by the intervening years' films. This is the second time he dealt with the Occupation, and there are scenes which equally pack a punch for French audiences, although this time at least they were able to fix on the innocence of the children.
Country: FR
Technical: col 107m
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fetjö, Francine Racette, François Berléand
Synopsis:
At a Carmelite school for boys during WW2 the friendship between French and Jew is brutally cut short by a Nazi round-up of children in hiding from deportation.
Review:
An affecting and terrible story, all the more since it is autobiographical. The director's observation of the way children interact is undiminished by the intervening years' films. This is the second time he dealt with the Occupation, and there are scenes which equally pack a punch for French audiences, although this time at least they were able to fix on the innocence of the children.
Country: FR
Technical: col 107m
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fetjö, Francine Racette, François Berléand
Synopsis:
At a Carmelite school for boys during WW2 the friendship between French and Jew is brutally cut short by a Nazi round-up of children in hiding from deportation.
Review:
An affecting and terrible story, all the more since it is autobiographical. The director's observation of the way children interact is undiminished by the intervening years' films. This is the second time he dealt with the Occupation, and there are scenes which equally pack a punch for French audiences, although this time at least they were able to fix on the innocence of the children.