Au revoir les enfants 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, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Keywords:
France
Parent child relationship
Resistance
Vichy regime
Holocaust (shoah)
Deportation
Jew persecution
Auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
National socialism
Biography
Anti-semitism
Best friend
Catholicism
Resistance fighter
Jewish boy
Children in wartime
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Character: Julien Quentin
Character: Jean Bonnet
Character: Mrs. Quentin
Character: François Quentin
Character: Father Jean