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.