Gaspard Manesse
Julien Quentin
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Au Revoir les Enfants: 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.
The film is based on events in the childhood of the director, Louis Malle, who at age 11 was attending a Roman Catholic boarding school near Fontainebleau. One day, he witnessed a Gestapo raid in which three Jewish students and a Jewish teacher were rounded up and deported to Auschwitz.
YearAssociationCategoryNomineeAu revoir les enfantsLouis MalleLouis MalleLouis MalleIn 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother François travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship.
May 7, 2006 · A wary friendship develops between Julien (Gaspard Manesse, left) and Jean (Raphael Fejto) at a Catholic boarding school in "Au revoir les enfants." There is such exhilaration in the heedless energy of the schoolboys.
Au Revoir, les enfants. In 1943, Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is a student at a French boarding school. When three new students arrive, including Jean Bonnett (Raphael Fejto), Julien believes...
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“Au revoir les enfants” (“Goodbye, Children”) is a film about such a moment, about a quick, unthinking glance that may have cost four people their lives. The film was written and directed by Louis Malle , who based it on a childhood memory.
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Aug 15, 2007 · 1h 44m. The filmmaker's autobiographical account of his childhood friendship, at a Catholic boarding school in 1944, with a Jewish boy the headmaster is trying to save by hiding him under a false name. A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation.
