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Plot. During the winter of 1943–44, Julien Quentin, a student at a Carmelite boarding school in occupied France, is returning to school from vacation. He acts tough to the other students, but is actually a pampered boy who misses his mother deeply.
Au Revoir les Enfants: Directed by Louis Malle. With Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg. A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives.
- (36K)
- Drama, War
- Louis Malle
- 1988-02-12
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother François travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship.
Mar 15, 2011 · With Au revoir les enfants (1987), Malle homed in on the autobiographical reference point of this theme, the moment that “may well have determined my vocation as a filmmaker,” when, age eleven, he watched a Gestapo official enter the classroom of his Fontainebleau school and summon a fellow pupil by an unfamiliar, Jewish name.
“Au revoir les enfants” (“Goodbye, Children”) is a film about such a moment, about a quick, unthinking glance that may have cost four people their lives. The film was written and directed by Louis Malle, who based it on a childhood memory.
Au Revoir, les enfants. In 1943, Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is a student at a French boarding school. When three new students arrive, including Jean Bonnett (Raphael Fejto), Julien...
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- Drama
- PG
May 7, 2006 · One of the foundations of Louis Malle ‘s “Au revoir les enfants” (1987) is how naturally he evokes the daily life of a French boarding school in 1944. His central story shows young life hurtling forward; he knows, because he was there, that some of these lives will be exterminated.
