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
| Julien | Gaspard Manesse |
| Bonnet | Raphaël Fejitö |
| Madame Quentin | Francine Racette |
| Francois Quentin | Stanislas Carré de Malberg |
| Père Jean | Philippe Morier-Genoud |
Credits
| Director | Louis Malle |
| Screenplay | Louis Malle |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Editing | Emmanuelle 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 Current
Au revoir les enfants: Childhood’s End
by Mar 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 17, 1944? Never again? . . . I’m...
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