Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

  • Director: Louis Malle
  • Countries of origin: France, West Germany, Italy
  • Language: French, German, English, Greek, Latin
  • Release date: February 12, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Goodbye, Children
  • "Goodbye, Children" is a feature film directed by Louis Mahler and starring Gaspar Mannis and Raphael Fayt. The film was released in France on October 7, 1987.
    The film tells the story of the friendship between French child Julian and Jewish child Jean Bonnet in a church school during the German occupation of France during World War II   .

    Details

    • Release date February 12, 1988
    • Filming locations Institution Sainte-Croix, Provins, Seine-et-Marne, France
    • Production companies Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), MK2 Productions, Stella Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $4,542,825

    Gross worldwide

    $4,575,613

    Movie reviews

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    • By Elvie 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      "Goodbye, Children": Friendship is the best memorial

      A short but happy friendship, a pair of eyes with silent tears, a parting without saying goodbye, a morning that will be remembered for a lifetime.

      The best part of this film is that it tells the story in a straightforward manner, which truly records the original appearance of life, and the truth is the most touching.

      Even saints do not have their own halo;

      Even a hero does not have to be splendid;

      Even small people are not all...

    • By Jaeden 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Goodbye children. Hi my dear friend

      After watching the movie, I feel very stuck... I don't know where to start... This movie describes too much, the friendship and ignorant love that a child's world should have, joy and disputes, bullying and maintenance, curiosity about the unknown and Fear, persistence and betrayal of "friends", incomprehension of wars, factions, and politics think.

      The director takes two children as the main line, and takes France, which was invaded by Germany in World War II, as the background, and...

    • By Milo 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      How can children's feelings have so many plots?

      This movie really brought me into my childhood. Of course, it's childhood in peacetime.

      In fact, there are so many plots of children's feelings, and no one can tell exactly at which moment I officially became friends with him. Julian and Bonnet, they are two children of the same level, they like to read, they write well, and they can think deeply. When we were young, we may have had this kind of feeling for a certain companion. It was not a liking, but a simple feeling. It was a little...

    • By Merle 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Realistic care

      Louis Mahler was a member of the French New Wave, and the study of New Wave films is always inseparable from him, but he seems to be quite alienated from the New Wave circle: he did not write film reviews like Truffaut, Godard, etc. , that is, he is not the founder of the so-called "author theory". Even so, he is obviously an interpretation of the "author theory". Throughout his creative career, from the initial "Elevator to the Gallows" to the last "Fire Lover", he is the most creative...

    • By Katarina 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      The first film review... ("Preview" written by mistake)

      It had been turned over, and turned back again. I am a very sentimental person. Sometimes I feel that these kinds of movies are unwatchable. Every time I come into contact with this history, I will hate it once. However, the hatred seems to be useless. I would blame myself for throwing away those emotions so quickly, but that's the truth... But... I couldn't help but contact, understand, sympathize and blame even if it was only for a few days, even if... I couldn't do it. What has changed -...

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    • By Katrine 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      I saw that kind of smile again, a sincere smile from the heart, indescribable, so beautiful, as if only these smiling people in the world are beautiful people. This kind of movie is indescribable. There is no sense of substitution, but I know I will reminisce about him in the...

    • By Michael 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      -Au revoir ma pere. -Au revoir les...

    • By April 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      I guess Louis Malle in his youth may have inadvertently turned his head and ruined the life of another teenager. That's why I made such a tangled, self-blame, and brooding movie. But I still love to watch Louis Malle filming the boy, and he always feels clumsy when he is deeply emotional. Love running in the woods and laughing in the cinema, the boundaries between people are easily...

    • By Juliana 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Loose, bland, and non-linear small fragments outline the daily life of the boy's home and the establishment of friendship. After reading it, I can figure out who is who and what happened, but it is difficult to recall all the events. It looked a little boring, and I realized the conflict, but it didn't appear for a long time, which was very annoying. Finally appeared, whizzed past, a bit pitted, the boy without stripes looks...

    • By Millie 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Seeing the end, I feel a chill in my...

    Movie plot

    At the end of World War II, Germany's anti-Semitic policy was still unswervingly implemented. Jean Bonnet (Raphael Fayt) , a Jewish child from Marseilles, had his family destroyed and was sent to a missionary school in France. Here, he has been careful to keep his secrets, but he is often teased by his classmates because of his freshman relationship. Among them is Julian Contan (Gasper Mannis) who was born in a French capital family ....
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    "Goodbye, kids" is a film full of director's personal touch and historical truth.  . Louis Mahler allows a wonderful innocence to run through the beginning and the end of the movie. This remembrance is full of emotion   . The film’s format has many similarities to the best French films of the 1950s: realistic details, patiently using dim light to express the gloomy atmosphere of the era, and juxtaposed illustrative scenes (especially...
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    Movie quotes

    • Joseph: Stop acting so pious. There's a war going on, kid.

    • Mme Quentin: You think I like this? I miss you every moment. I'd like to dress up as a boy and join you. I'd see you at school every day. It'd be our secret. You know I can't keep you in Paris with me.

    • Julien Quentin: Ass-kisser.