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Au Revoir les Enfants
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.
1987 · Directed by Louis Malle · 105 min · Drama · War · 14 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Louis Malle
- Cinematography: Renato Berta
- Edited by: Emmanuelle Castro
- Production design: Willy Holt
- Produced by: Louis Malle
Cast
- Gaspard Manesse as Julien Quentin
- Raphael Fejtö as Jean Bonnet
- Francine Racette as Mrs. Quentin
- Stanislas Carré de Malberg as François Quentin
- Philippe Morier-Genoud as Father Jean
- François Berléand as Father Michel
- François Négret as Joseph
- Peter Fitz as Muller
- Pascal Rivet as Boulanger
- Richard Leboeuf as Sagard
Production
- Country: Germany, France, Italy
- Language: English, French, German, Greek, Latin
- Studios: Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Stella Film, N.E.F. Filmproduktion, MK2 Productions
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $4,542,825
- Themes: france, parent child relationship, resistance, vichy regime, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, deportation, jew persecution, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, national socialism
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