Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle, 1987

Spine #330

Picked by 2 guests

Drama / War

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Louis Malle

Written by Louis Malle

Cinematography Renato Berta

Edited by Emmanuelle Castro

Cast Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand, François Négret, Peter Fitz

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Guillermo del Toro director

“Au revoir les enfants. Masterpiece. Oh my God, Louis Malle nails it. This is a movie I watched over and over again before attempting Devil’s Backbone.”

Guillermo del Toro

Winona Ryder actor

“So this is a great Louis Malle film. I think it's somewhat autobiographical. It's about a Catholic School in France in occupied France in World War II who are hiding a few Jewish kids and also a great example of how you could make a film about a war without actually seeing any violence but feeling the emotional toll and the emotional violence. Anyway, absolutely beautiful.”

Winona Ryder