Au Revoir Les Enfants
Summary:
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 ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gaspard Manesse - (Julien Quentin)
Raphaël Fejtö - (Jean Bonnet)
Francine Racette - (Mme. Quentin)
Stanislas Carre de Malberg - (Franqois Quentin)
Philippe Morier-Genoud - (Father Jean)
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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 W... Continue >>
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