Au Revoir les Enfants

Name: Au Revoir les Enfants
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1987-10-07
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud

Au revoir les enfants (1987)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Video for the film Au Revoir les Enfants — Louis Malle’s Au revoir les enfants - BFI release - english subtitle

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Release date

1987-10-07

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Production

RAI, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), CNC, MK2 Films, Stella Films, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I), Soficas Investimages, Images Investissements, Sofica Créations, Stella Film, Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Genre

Drama, War

Budget

$3 000 000

Box office

$4 542 825

Website

Director

Louis Malle

Actors

Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand, François Négret, Peter Fitz, Pascal Rivet, Richard Leboeuf
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Louis Malle

Camera operator

Renato Berta

Composer

Artist

Willy Holt

Audition

Jeanne Biras, Iris Carrière

Editing

Emmanuelle Castro
Whole Team (37)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The Vatican included this film in its list of 45 greatest films.
The plot is based on an incident from the life of director Louis Malle (1932-1995). Julien is modeled on Malle himself.
The plot is based on events from Louis Malle's childhood, when he lived in a church orphanage in Fontainebleau at the age of 11.
The hallucination sequences include footage from Samuel Fuller's "House of Bamboo" (1955), as well as footage from Brazil for a film of his that was never made.