Goodbye Children

1987
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Goodbye Children
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Title: Goodbye Children

Original Title: Au revoir les enfants

Year: 1987

Info

  • Country: France Germany
  • Length: 104 Minutes (1 hour 44 min)
  • Genre: Drama Biography War
  • Studios: MK2 Productions
  • Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)

Release Dates

  • United States: December 01 1987

Plot

This intensely personal film from Louis Malle ('The Lovers', 'My Dinner with André') 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, Au revoir les enfants ('Goodbye, Children') is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

Cast

Director:

Louis Malle Louis Malle

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