Reel Time: Au Revoir Les Enfants

1987, Directed by Louis Malle.

Wartime drama written and directed by Louis Malle. During the Nazi occupation of France, young teenager Jean (Raphael Fejito) returns to his Catholic boarding school after some time off and strikes up a friendship with new classmate Julien (Gaspard Manesse). After some initial hostilities and friction between the pair, Julien learns that Jean is in fact Jewish, and one of three boys being offered a safe haven by the sympathetic headmaster (Philippe Morier-Genoud). However, when Gestapo officers arrive at the school, they begin to delve deeper into the lives of the students and the priests watching over them…

Cert: 12A

Running time: 104 mins

The Coach House Theatre is proud to present its first French Films Weekend, to launch its new role as a Regional Centre for French Cinema, supported and authorised by the Institut Francais du Royaume Uni.

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Next French Film Weekend March 18th/19th 2017

Monthly one film showings start Jan 15th 2017