Gaspard Manesse
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Au Revoir Les Enfants. A delicately rendered and exceptionally moving reminiscence of a boyhood friendship cut short by war. Louis Malle's semi-autobiographical film is set in January, 1944, during the German Occupation of France in a Catholic boarding school. Oscar nominated and BAFTA winner.
Feb 12, 1988 · Goodbye, Children: Directed by Louis Malle. With Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg. A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives.
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- Drama, War
- Louis Malle
- 1988-02-12
Au revoir les enfants (French pronunciation: [o ʁə.vwaʁ le zɑ̃.fɑ̃], meaning "Goodbye, Children") is an autobiographical 1987 film written, produced, and directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the actions of Père Jacques, a French priest and headmaster who attempted to shelter Jewish children during the Holocaust.
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation. 227 IMDb 8.0 1 h 44 min 1988. PG. Drama · Military and War · Serious.
Au revoir les enfants. 1944, Julien est pensionnaire dans un collège catholique. Il découvre Bonnet, un nouveau venu, fier et mystérieux. Les deux camarades se lient d'amitié et partagent un secret - Bonnet est juif - alors que l'ombre de la Gestapo plane sur l'établissement. IMDb 8.0 1 h 44 min 1988. 13+.
May 7, 2006 · One of the foundations of Louis Malle's "Au revoir les enfants" (1987) is how naturally he evokes the daily life of a French boarding school in 1944. His central story shows young life hurtling forward; he knows, because he was there, that some of these lives will be exterminated.
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The helpless Father Jacques turns to his students: “Au revoir les enfants.”. In his autobiography “Where Memory Leads," 5 the historian and Holocaust researcher Shaul Friedlander describes his childhood in France during the Second World War.
