Shown: January 7, 2015 at 6pm
Director : Louis Malle
Country : France
Release Date : 1987
Duration : 104 mins
Language : French
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : GOLDEN LION AT 1987 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
In 1943, Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is a student at a French boarding school. When three new students arrive, including Jean Bonnett (Raphael Fejto), Julien believes they are no different from the other boys. What Julien doesn’t know is that the boys are actually Jews who are evading capture by the Nazis. Although Julien doesn’t care for Jean at first, the boys develop a tight bond – while the head of the school, Père Jean (Philippe Morier-Genoud), works to protect the boys from the Holocaust.
“Not only the best movie on the subject of the Occupation … it is also one of the best pictures ever made about childhood. The performances that Malle has drawn … are not to be faulted.” (Philip French – The Observer)