Au Revoir les enfants [35mm]

Director: Louis Malle

1987 / 104min / 35mm

Malle’s most autobiographical film, which draws on his experience of witnessing a Gestapo raid in his youth as well as the true-life story of martyred French priest and teacher Père Jacques, sets its scene at a Carmelite boarding school in occupied France whose headmaster, Père Jean, is risking his life to secretly offer asylum to Jewish children. A devastating drama of youthful comradeship, quiet courage, and the nagging memory of a betrayal that lasts a lifetime. “Simple and complex, bold and subtle, funny and tragic, engaging at first sight and then unforgettable.”—The Los Angeles Times

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