What do you think she meant when she said “a huge black monster with giant claws”?
Ascribed to be Louis Malle’s most personal film — it is taken closely from his own experiences in a WWII-era boarding school — Au revoir les enfants is until its final moments as cherubic and nostalgic as Murmur of the Heart and Lacombe, Lucien; all three films fit quite nicely together as a singular gesture that encompasses sexual maturation, familial resilience, and political and religious subscription during war. Its characters are very young, but are equally sheltered by authorities they don’t immediately empathize with—a playground full of children enclosed by an erect yet penetrable fence.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: The Criterion Collection DVD
18 Dec 2006 2:27 PM | Submit Comment