Goodbye, Children (1987) ( Au revoir les enfants )

Goodbye, Children (1987) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$26.99

Original Title: Au revoir les enfants
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards
David Donatello Awards
European Film Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
105 min + 32 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Louis Malle

Written By:
Louis Malle

Actors:
Gaspard Manesse ..... Julien Quentin
Raphael Fejtö ..... Jean Bonnet/Jean Kippeinstein
Francine Racette ..... Mme Quentin Julien's mother
Stanislas Carré de Malberg ..... François Quentin (as Stanislas Carré De Malberg)
Philippe Morier-Genoud ..... Père Jean
François Berléand ..... Père Michel
François Négret ..... Joseph
Peter Fitz ..... Muller
Pascal Rivet ..... Boulanger
Benoît Henriet ..... Ciron
Richard Leboeuf ..... Sagard
Xavier Legrand ..... Babinot
Arnaud Henriet ..... Negus
Jean-Sébastien Chauvin ..... Michel Laviron
Luc Etienne ..... Moreau (as Luc Étienne)

Synopsis:

Gaspard Manesse plays Julien, an 11-year-old Catholic boarding-school resident during the Nazi occupation of France. He is witness to the courage of his instructors, who defy the German's anti-Semitic policies and quietly enroll Jewish children into the school under assumed names. Manesse befriends Jean (Raphael Fejto), one of these 'instant Catholics.' The refugee children are betrayed by a hostile ex-employee of the school, forcing Julien once more to be a bystander to history as Jean and the teachers are arrested. For this return to the French film industry after several years in the US, Louis Malle purged himself of his own bitter memories of life under the thumbs of the Nazis.

In 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. However, Julien learns to respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school.

The story of a young Jewish boy, Jean Kippelstein aka Jean Bonnet, living under a false identity in a Catholic residential school in Nazi-occupied France. The headmaster knows of his background and is part of the conspiracy to protect him. Jean befriends a classmate, Julien Quentin. who learns of Jean's secret but keeps that information to himself. When Jean's true identity is revealed, the boy, the headmaster and others are taken away by the Gestapo, never to be seen again. Semi-autobiographical account of director Louis Malle's life at boarding school during World War II.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 23 May, 2016.