Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

• DirectorLouis Malle
• Release7 October 1987
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration1h 45m
• Budget$3,000,000
• Revenue$4,542,825
• Rate
  

  7.517
  688 reviews
• Productions

  Nouvelles Éditions de Films, MK2 Films, Stella Film, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I)