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Au revoir les enfants

World and International Narrative Cinema

Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 autobiographical drama directed by Louis Malle, a France, West Germany and Italy co-production starring Gaspard Manesse and Raphael Fejto. Set at a Catholic boarding school in occupied France in the winter of 1943 and 1944, it follows a student's friendship with a new classmate who is secretly a Jewish refugee sheltered by the school's headmaster, a friendship cut short when the Gestapo raids the school. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, several Cesar Awards including Best Film and Best Director, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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César Award for Best Film 1
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European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 1
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Golden Lion 1
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Louis Delluc Prize 1
Release Year
1987 2
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1. Au revoir les enfants (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: César Award for Best Film
    Wikidata P166 (award received): César Award for Best Film.
  • Wikidata P166: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
    Wikidata P166 (award received): European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.
  • Wikidata P166: Golden Lion
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Lion.
  • Wikidata P166: Louis Delluc Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Louis Delluc Prize.
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2. Au revoir les enfants (Wikipedia)
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{{film date|1987|8|29|[[Venice Film Festival|Venice]]|1987|10|7|France|df=yes}}
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