Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987 · Movie · 1h 45m · PG

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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.

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IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
88/100
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franceparent child relationshipresistancevichy regimeholocaust (shoah)world war iideportationjew persecutionauschwitz-birkenau concentration campnational socialismbiographyantisemitism