Olympia Film Society - OFS

Janus Classic Film Series: Au Revoir Les Enfants

(Film Showing)

	General

Date:

Saturday 2/20/2010

6 Month(s) 2 Week(s) 6 Day(s) ago

Time:

9:00 pm

Notes:

Dir: Louis Malle/1987/France/French w/ English subtitles/ 103 minutes
Winner of 7 French Awards! The Cesar Awards-
"Which of us cannot remember a moment when we did or said precisely the wrong thing, irretrievably, irreparably? The instant the action was completed or the words were spoken we burned with shame and regret, but what we had done never could be repaired. Such moments are rare, and they occur most often in childhood, before we have been trained to think before we act. "Au Revoir les Enfants" ("Goodbye, Children") is a film about such a moment, about a quick, unthinking glance that may have cost four people their lives."
"The film was written and directed by Louis Malle, who based it on a childhood memory. Judging by the tears I saw streaming down his face on the night the film was shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the memory had caused him pain for many years. His story takes place in 1944, in a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France. At the start of a new semester, three new students are enrolled, and we realize immediately that they are Jews, disguised with new names and identities in an attempt to hide them from the Nazis." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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LOCATED IN THE CAPITOL THEATER

Janus Classic Film Series: Au Revoir Les Enfants