Au revoir, les enfants
Directed by	Louis Malle
Produced by	Louis Malle
Written by	Louis Malle
Starring	Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Music by	Schubert and Saint-Saëns
Cinematography	Renato Berta
Distributed by	Orion Classics (USA)
Release date(s)	29 August 1987 (premiere at VFF) October 7, 1987 December, 1987
Running time	104 min
Country	France/West Germany
Language	French
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Synopsis

The film is based on an event in the childhood of the author and director, Louis Malle, who at age 12, was attending a Carmelite boarding school near Fontainebleau. The story features a young boy named Julien Quentin, who attends a Catholic boarding school in Vichy France during World War II. In the winter of 1944 in occupied France, Julien, the son of a very upper middle-class family in the north of France, is boarding at the Sainte-Croix College (a junior high school/high school of sorts). Julien returns from Christmas break sad to be returning to the doldrums of school. Resuming class seems uneventful until Father Jean, the head master of this Catholic school presents three new pupils. One of them, Jean Bonnet, is in the same grade and dormitory neighbor of Julien. Julien is intrigued by Bonnet who is a mysterious boy rejected by the whole of the class. After a while, they bond and a friendship is created between them. One night Julien wakes up and discovers that Bonnet is wearing a kippa and is speaking in a language he cannot understand (Hebrew). Julien ends up understanding the secrecy of his new friend who in fact is Jewish and whose name is not Bonnet, but Kippelstein. Father Jean had agreed, as some religious groups had during the war, to give shelter and a new identity to persecuted Jews. With the allies making progress, perhaps Bonnet will in fact survive this war. But on a cold morning in January 1944, the Gestapo arrives at the small school armed with information from the school's kitchen hand, Joseph, that the school has given shelter to Jews. When the Gestapo officer visits his classroom, Julien unintentionally gives away Jean Bonnet. Father Jean and the three Jewish children, including Jean Bonnet, are taken away. The children are all later executed at Auschwitz concentration camp. Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995) was a French film director. ... Origin and early history Carmelites (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Roman Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. ... Location within France Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. ... A boarding school is an educational institution where some or all pupils not only study, but also live, amongst their peers. ... Motto: Travail, famille, patrie (Work, family, country) unoccupied zone of Vichy France (until November 1942) Capital Vichy Language(s) French Religion Roman Catholicism Government Republic President of the Council  - 1940 - 1944 Philippe Pétain Legislature National Assembly Historical era World War II  - Battle of France June 16, 1940  - Battle of... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A yarmulke (Yiddish יאַרמלקע yarmlke) or Kippah (Hebrew כִּפָּה kippāh, plural kippot) is a thin, usually slightly rounded cloth cap worn by Jews. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ...

Cast

• Gaspard Manesse – Julien Quentin
• Raphaël Fejtö – Jean "Bonnet" Kippelstein
• Francine Racette – Mme Quentin (Julien's mother)
• Stanislas Carré de Malberg – François Quentin (Julien's older brother)
• Philippe Morier-Genoud – Father Jean/Père Jean
• François Berléand – Father Michel/Père Michel
• François Négret – Joseph (kitchen helper)
• Peter Fitz – Muller
• Pascal Rivet : Boulanger
• Benoît Henriet : Ciron
• Richard Leboeuf : Sagard
• Xavier Legrand : Babinot
• Arnaud Henriet : Negus
• Jean-Sébastien Chauvin : Laviron
• Luc Etienne : Moreau
• Daniel Edinger : Tinchaut
• Marcel Bellot : Guibourg
• Ami Flammer : Florent
• Irène Jacob : Mlle Davenne (her debut in acting)
• Jean-Paul Dubarry : Père Hippolyte
• Jacqueline Staup : l'infirmière
• Jacqueline Paris : Mme Perrin

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Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay at the 60th Academy Awards. It won the Golden Lion award at the 1987 Venice Film Festival. At the 1988 César Awards, it won in seven categories, including Best Director, Best Film and Best Writing. It was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1988 Golden Globe Awards. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film is a yearly US award for the best film in a language other than English, released in the period October - September in the country of origin. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... 60th Academy Awards Hosts Preshow: Show: Crew Producer: Director: Duration Network The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 29, 1989 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles. ... The Golden Lion (it: Leone dOro) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival. ... The Venice Film Festival (it: Mostra Internazionale dArte Cinematografica) is the oldest Film Festival in the World (began in the 1932) and takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido di Venezia in the historic Palazzo del Cinema on the Lungomare Marconi, in Venice, Italy. ... The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... Winners of the César Award in French film for best director: 1976 : Bertrand Tavernier  : (Que la fête commence) 1977 : Joseph Losey  : () 1978 : Alain Resnais  : (Providence) 1979 : Christian de Chalonge  : (LArgent des autres) 1980 : Roman Polanski  : (Tess) 1981 : François Truffaut  : (Le Dernier métro) 1982 : Jean-Jacques... The César Award for best picture winners: 1976 : Le vieux fusil directed by Robert Enrico 1977 : (Monsieur Klein) directed by Joseph Losey 1978 : Providence directed by Alain Resnais 1979 : Other Peoples Money (Largent des autres) directed by Christian de Chalonge 1980 : Tess (Tess) directed by Roman Polanski... The César Award winners for Best Writing are: 1976: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence 1977: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Le juge et lassassin 1978: David Mercer: Providence 1979: Michel Deville, Gilles Perrault: Le dossier 51 1980: Bertrand Blier: Buffet froid 1981: François Truffaut... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

External links

• Au revoir, les enfants at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Philip Kemp