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Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
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The long shadow of Malle's autobiographical memoir of occupied France continues to fall heavily across subsequent representations of World War II, boarding school, and male adolescence--in fact, it would be difficult to identify a recent film that addresses these concerns and does not, in some substantial way, echo Au Revoir Les Enfants. The straightforward, unsentimental, gutsy Enfants finds its 12-year-old protagonist, Julien Quentin, sheltered from the conflict in a Catholic school. His classmate Jean, a new arrival, becomes first a competitor, then a beloved friend. Jean, however, hides a secret from his classmates and the...
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| Au Revoir les Enfants Movie Review by Movie Addict (4/12/2009) |
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Practically sweeping the César Awards (seven win out of nine nominations), this Oscar nominated film is a reminisce for writer/director Louis Malle (Atlantic City, Murmur of the Heart).
A WWII film about a Catholic school that hides Jews, it is a story of an upper born French student Julien Quentin (Gaspard Manesse) who...
(complete Au Revoir les Enfants review by Movie Addict)
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