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, resistance, parent-child-relationship, vichy-regime, deportation, jew-persecution, auschwitz-birkenau-concentration-camp, jew-/-jewish, national-socialism, biography, anti-semitism, best-friend, catholicism, resistance-fighter, children-in-wartime,

Title: Au Revoir les Enfants
Imdb rate: 8.0
Imdb votes: 29,177
Year: 1987
Language: French, German, English, Greek, Latin
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Director: Louis Malle
Writers: Louis Malle, Louis Malle (scenario)
Actors:
Gaspard Manesse
Raphael Fejtö
Francine Racette
Stanislas Carré de Malberg

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 11 nominations.