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
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.
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