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Au Revoir Les Enfants

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Au Revoir Les Enfants
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NR,1hr 44min
Genres:
Drama,War
Release:
1987
Director:
Louis Malle
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejtö, Francine Racette  ...more
Synopsis: Gaspard Manesse plays Julien, an 11-year-old Catholic boarding-school resident during the Nazi occupation of France. He is witness to the courage of his instructors, who defy the German's anti-Semitic policies and quietly enroll Jewish children into the school under assumed names. Manesse befriends Jean (Raphael Fejto), one of these "instant Catholics." The refugee children are betrayed by a hostile ex-employee of the school, forcing Julien once more to be a bystander to history as Jean and the teachers ... Full Synopsis
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Matthew Doberman, AMG Review
Au Revoir, Les Enfants accepts the weighty challenge of making a Holocaust movie and acquits itself proudly. This was Louis Malle's first French film in a decade, and one gets the sense that it's a story he long felt compelled to bring to the screen. He based Au Revoir, Les Enfants on his own experiences in a Catholic boarding school in World War II and his remembrances of the frequent cowardice, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Gaspard Manesse
Julien Quentin
Raphaël Fejtö
Jean Bonnet
Francine Racette
Mme. Quentin
Stanislas Carre de Malberg
Franqois Quentin
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