France / West Germany / Italy,
1987, 104 min
Directed by:
Louis MalleScreenplay:
Louis MalleCinematography:
Renato BertaCast:
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, François Berléand, François Négret, Peter Fitz, Irène Jacob, Jacqueline Staup, Xavier Legrand (more)Plots(1)
During World War II, in a Catholic boarding school in the French countryside, two boys become friends. One is a French boy, Julien Quintin, and the other is a Jewish boy, Jean Bonnet, who is being hidden from the Nazis by the friars who run the school. (StudioCanal UK)
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It's almost unbelievable how one can film a relatively calm depiction of how one school operates, yet also showcase the collapse of history, how people can be despicable, and how they can come to hate others. It's evident that there are also good people here, but somehow I can't imagine that they are the majority. Or does evil really only need a few individuals? ()