Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : October 7, 1987
Runtime : 105m
Companies : CNC, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), Stella Films, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I), Soficas Investimages, Images Investissements, Sofica Créations, MK2 Films, RAI
Countries : Germany, France, Italy
Keywords : france, parent child relationship, resistance, vichy regime, holocaust (shoah), deportation, jew persecution, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, national socialism, biography, anti-semitism, best friend, catholicism, resistance fighter, jewish boy, children in wartime