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Sentimental Bittersweet Contemplative Gloomy Thought Provoking
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Boarding School Life Wartime Life Injustice Dishonesty Society Youth Friends Betrayal more...
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Drama Foreign
Time/Period:
20th Century 40s World War 2
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France Countryside Boarding School
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Au Revoir Les Enfants, 1987

Starring: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto

Directed by: Louis Malle

Written by: Louis Malle

Language: French, German, English

Country: France, West Germany

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.1

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The mood of Au Revoir Les Enfants is bittersweet, sentimental, and thought provoking. The plot centers around boarding school life, wartime life, and injustice. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Au Revoir Les Enfants includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the countryside. Au Revoir Les Enfants is set in France. It happens in the 20th century. It is originally a true story. Au Revoir Les Enfants is known for being a Venice Festival winner and critically acclaimed.

Summary of Au Revoir Les Enfants

This autobiographical recounting of Malle's most tragic memory begins in 1944 at an all-boy Catholic school. A young boy befriends a new student whom the others feel is different. When he discovers the new student is a Jew, he tells no one and remains a true friend. Tragedy strikes when a school employee tells the Gestapo they are hiding Jews and the student is arrested and taken away.

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Language:	French, German, English
Country:	France, West Germany
Release date:	December 1987
Runtime:	104 min

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Gaspard Manesse

as Julien Quentin

Raphael Fejto

as Jean Bonnet / Jean Kippelstein

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Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)

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The 400 Blows was the first French film I ever saw, and, to say the least, I loved it. The way Truffaut dug into the mind of a kid, and how that kid thought was incredible. Now, here I am, watching this movie, and I get the same feeling. Au Revoir... Read and rate it

26.February.2011
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by: Andrew
Andrew rated this movie9/10Amazing

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what can I say? a touching movie, made out of guilt, about a child who betrayals his friend, rather naively sending him to his death. worth seeing Read and rate it

04.September.2008
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by: ani
ani rated this movie8/10Great

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