Thursday, March 28, 2019

Au Revoir Les Enfants

I watched "Murmur of the Heart" and "Pretty Baby" when I was a teenager.  They seemed like they were made for shock value.  I guess that's why this is my favorite Louis Malle film.  It's autobiographical.  It's about a Jew hiding in a boarding school during World War II.  The bookish Jew and another boy become friends.  However, it is not meant to be.  Irene Jacob (from "Red") plays a piano teacher at the school.  I felt moved by this movie.  A lot of the time I disagree with the choices in the Criterion Collection but not this one.

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