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AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS
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SUBJECTS — World/France and WW II (Holocaust); |
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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Au Revoir Les Enfants is a true story of a tragedy of adolescence, the Holocaust, and how it affected one boy.
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To demonstrate how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers to improve lesson plans, 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 adolescent boys 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.
The Learning Guide to the film Au Revoir Les Enfants contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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