Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle

 
Au revoir les enfants Criterion DVD

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $29.95

Criterion Store price:$23.96

Add to Cart
  • France
  • 1987
  • 101 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • French

SYNOPSIS: Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Cast & CreditsOpen

Cast

JulienGaspard Manesse
BonnetRaphaël Fejitö
Madame QuentinFrancine Racette
Francois QuentinStanislas Carré de Malberg
Père JeanPhilippe Morier-Genoud

Credits

DirectorLouis Malle
ScreenplayLouis Malle
CinematographyRenato Berta
EditingEmmanuelle Castro

Disc Features

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by director of photography Renato Berta
  • Original theatrical trailer and teaser
  • Essays by film critic Philip Kemp and historian Francis J. Murphy
  • New and improved English subtitle translation

From the CurrentView the Current »

Film Essays

Au revoir les enfants: Childhood’s End

By Philip KempMarch 27, 2006

“Do you realize,” muses the twelve-year-old Julien Quentin, rapt in the entranced solipsism of early adolescence, “that there’ll never be another January Read more »

Watch Online $5.00

We’ll credit your one-week rentalfee towards the purchase of any available DVD or Blu-ray edition of this film