AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS d: Louis Malle

Au revoir, les enfants / Goodbye, Children (1987)

Direction and screenplay: Louis Malle. Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré De Malberg, François Berléand, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Irène Jacob

HELLO, ADULTHOOD

Au revoir les efants by Louis Malle Louis Malle’s autobiographical Au revoir les enfants / Goodbye Children remains one of the best and most devastating motion pictures dealing with the persecution of Jews during the Nazi era.

At a Catholic boys’ school in occupied France, a snotty rich kid, Julien (Gaspard Manesse), little by little befriends a new and unusual newcomer, Bonnet (Raphael Fejtö), who happens to be a Jewish boy in hiding.

In addition to Malle’s honest, sensitive handling of the story, Au revoir les enfants boasts excellent production values and a particularly moving performance by Raphael Fejtö.

AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS on DVD

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by Andre Soares | July 4, 2005 | Filed Under European Cinema, Film Reviews, French Cinema

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