June 26. I loved the well-acted and amazingly sad story of "Au Revoir, les Enfants."
The movie is based on writer/director Louis Malle's childhood at a French boarding school run by priests. There are moments in the story, that focuses on the friendship between Julien and Jean, where it seems fun and carefree. But, knowing the story is set during World War 2 and that Jean one of six Jewish kids being hidden at the school by the priests, well, there's always a sense of doom looming.
Even knowing what is coming when it actually happens it's sad and moving and I can see how it would have changed Malle forever.
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