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Au Revoir les Enfants
★ 7.5· 1987· 105 min· Popularity 2PG
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Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning 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.
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Release Date: 10/7/1987
Runtime: 105 minutes
Languages: English, French, German, Greek, Latin
Director: Louis Malle
Budget: $3.0M
Revenue: $4.5M
Production
Companies: Nouvelles Éditions de Films, MK2 Films, Stella Film, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I)
Countries: Germany, France
Where to watch · US
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Keywords
franceparent child relationshipresistancevichy regimeholocaust (shoah)world war iideportationjew persecutionauschwitz-birkenau concentration campnational socialismbiographyantisemitismbest friendcatholicismresistance fighterjewish boycalmreflectivechildren in wartimebitter
