What is the plot of Au Revoir les Enfants?
In 1943, Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is a student at a French boarding school. When three new students arrive, including Jean Bonnett (Raphael Fejto), Julien believes they are no different from the other boys. What Julien doesn’t know is that the boys are actually Jews who are evading capture by the Nazis. While Julien doesn’t care for Jean at first, the boys develop a tight bond — while the head of the school, Père Jean (Philippe Morier-Genoud), works to protect the boys from the Holocaust.Goodbye, Children / Film synopsis
How old is Julien in Au Revoir les Enfants?
twelve-year-old
“Do you realize,” muses the twelve-year-old Julien Quentin, rapt in the solipsism of early adolescence, “that there’ll never be another January 17, 1944?
What did Joseph do in Au Revoir les Enfants?
There’s only one visibly disabled character in Au Revoir les Enfants, but he plays a pivotal role. Joseph works in the kitchen of a Catholic boarding school in Occupied France, relieved that his bum leg will keep him out of the army and that his position affords him access to food to sell on the black market.
What are the themes in Au Revoir les Enfants?
Au Revoir les Enfants can be used to explore themes of friendship, trust and betrayal among students and teachers’ silent acts of heroism, particularly in moments of real danger. It can also be helpful to discuss issues of separation, resistance, the role of women during war, and war itself.
Where in France is Au Revoir Les Enfants set?
Au Revoir Les Enfants | 1987 The ‘Couvent des Carmes Petit College St Jean de la Croix’ is Institution Saint-Croix, 1 rue des Jacobins, in the town of Provins, 50 miles southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne department.
Who is Joseph Au Revoir Les Enfants?
As Malle himself has admitted, the character of Joseph in Au revoir, les enfants holds many similarities with that of the teenage collaborator in Lacombe, Lucien. Working in the school’s kitchen, Joseph – a surly, disgruntled orphan – gets involved in small-scale black market dealing with the Jewish boys.