Writer-director Louis Malle's ("My Dinner With Andre", "Murmur of the Heart") 1987 masterpiece, "Au revoir les enfants", is a tragically autobiographical story from Malle's own childhood. Although what was taken from fact has remained a mystery, Malle was so haunted by this deepl...( read more)
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette
As World War II rages on, two students at a boarding school, the French-Catholic Julien Quintin (Gaspard Manesse) and the Jewish Jean Bonnet (Raphael Fejto), form an unlikely friendship in director Lo...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
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July 11, 2009
If you watch Au Revoir Les Enfants knowing that it is autobiographical, the experience is almost cathartic.
The Holocaust has been explored, done and re-done in cinema and television for many years. A film about it that goes a little further than distressing and infuri
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May 22, 2009
If you might be thinking that you've seen one too many movies about Hitler and the Nazi regime -- I'm sorry to hear that. That horror story never gets old, and you must now encourage yourself to watch one more. This one.
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December 13, 2008
Tender autobiographical chapter of Louis Malle's childhood in his native france, dealing with intolerance and sacrifice.
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July 27, 2008
a fantastic, somewhat autobiographical film by louis malle about youth, guilt, friendship, and loyalty.
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November 7, 2009
This was a great movie about two boys at a Catholic boarding school in France. The boys all look sweet and innocent but really they are a bunch of rich, spoiled, snot-nosed little brats (or at least most of them.) They smoke, beat each other up, curse, and are always thinking abo...( read more)
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September 24, 2009
Touching without being odd. There´s no music telling you it´s time to cry. Everything is just suggested and the storyline takes place in a perfect timing. The cruelty of those times is "covered" by the friendship of the boys (that grows in a very natural and convincent way), but...( read more)
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