Au Revoir Les Enfants - Criterion Collection

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Au Revoir Les Enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between 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 Malles own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.