Goodbye, Children ( Au revoir, les enfants ) ( Auf Wiedersehen, Kinder )

Goodbye, Children (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Au revoir, les enfants
Alternate Title: Auf Wiedersehen, Kinder
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 ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

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.

This 1987 feature saw Malle's reputation and popularity peak again a genuine smash hit in art-house cinemas world-wide, it's not been available on DVD until 2006. The tale of two schoolboys, blissfully unaware of the differences that could tear them apart, is backgrounded by a cruel winter. But that cruelty is little compared to the truths ahead. The pacing of the film enables the narrative to build in intensity, and attention to the seemingly mundane serves to amplify the impact of some fateful decision-making the young characters are forced into. The story is based on Malle's own childhood.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 10 September, 2006.

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