Orion Classics released Goodbye, Children to theaters on February 12, 1988. Louis Malle directs the film which stars Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, and Francine Racette. Au Revoir Les Enfants Movie Summary Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) was written and directed by Louis Malle.  This is a sad story from his childhood. Our story takes place in January 1944, and the setting is a monastery and provincial boarding school for boys near Fountainebleau, France.  The school is a rather gloomy, old and dark place; the younger students sleep on iron frame beds in a room set up like a barracks. However, the school’s priests provide the students with patience, warmth and normalcy during a time where nothing is normal. The headmaster of the school is Father Jean, who must make do with wartime rations of crappy food and insufficient heat for the boys,  all while managing to placate their wealthy parents. We soon learn that Father Jean is also providing a clandestine sanctuary for three Jewish boys.  Father Jean is truly a man of God.  Aside from protecting Jewish boys from the Gestapo, he provides a lecherous French gimp named Joseph a job in the school’s kitchen.  Joseph rewards Father Jean’s charity by giving the boys pornography in exchange for jam. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Please let us know what you think of the film in the comments section, and rate this movie from one to five stars below as well. If there is a film you’d like us to review, send us an email at comments@moviehousememories.com with your name, location, and film choice. And finally, if you are of the social media persuasion, you can look the MHM Podcast Network up on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and if you do, please give us a follow when you find us. Disclaimer This podcast is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. The theme music for Lunchtime Movie Review, Fireworks is provided courtesy of Alexander Nakarada at serpentsoundstudios.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of Lunchtime Movie Review, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. This post contains affiliate links that will take you to Amazon.com and/or the iTunes Store. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission. Advertisers and affiliate partnerships do not influence our content. For more information, please read our Terms of Use about the inclusion of affiliate links on this site.