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AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS
(In French With English Subtitles)


SUBJECTS — World/France and WW II (Holocaust);
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Coming of Age; Human Rights;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Trustworthiness; Responsibility.

Age: 11+; MPAA Rating: PG; Drama; 1987; 104 minutes; Color.


Au Revoir Les Enfants
It's 1944 in Nazi occupied France. Julien, age 12, has been sent to a Catholic boarding school. When the Gestapo arrives looking for hidden Jewish children, an innocent mistake suddenly forces Julien into a world far beyond his childhood experience. The film is derived from an incident in the life of the writer/director, Louis Malle.


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Holocaust, France, children

To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below the Benefits section of the Learning Guide to Au Revoir Les Enfants.
Benefits: Au Revoir Les Enfants is an excellent coming of age film. It contrasts true growth (that comes from confrontation with real events) with the artificial means that children use to appear "grown up" (smoking, making disparaging remarks about what are described as pictures of naked women, swearing). The movie shows several aspects of the German occupation of France during WW II and of the Holocaust. It demonstrates that in tight situations, one innocent automatic reaction can lead to disaster. This film also raises interesting ethical issues concerning punishment for infractions and collaboration with the enemy during war.


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