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
Stats: 645 reviews
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)
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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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.The fact that this is based on Louis Malle's own expe
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Tender autobiographical chapter of Louis Malle's childhood in his native france, dealing with intolerance and sacrifice.
a fantastic, somewhat autobiographical film by louis malle about youth, guilt, friendship, and loyalty.
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)
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)
its so nice it make me fill am not alone.
its has alot of meaning,and teaches
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