Au Revior les Enfants

The movie that we watched in class called Au Revior les Enfants proved to be very interesting and eye-catching. Eventhought we could only watch the first half, I feel as thought I know what is going to happen. So far, we have seen the lives of children living at an all boys borarding school in France. The main character Julien Quentin, goes back to school at Christmas time and meets a new student, Louis Bonnet, who we later find out is Jewish and his name is really Louis Kippelstein. At this point in the story, it is 1943, a time when Hitler was in his prime and was prosecuting Jews. Our time ended when Louis and Julien were found on the street in the woods when they got lost while playing caputre the flag. They were brought back to the school safely, and Louis wasn't accused of being a Jew, yet. So far, I think that the movie is fantastic. It has kept me enthused and envolved throughtout the story and I am really looking forward to seeing how this story ends.

Au Revior les Enfants

Au Revior les Enfants, is based on a true story during the time of Hitler and the prosecution of Jews. Specificially, this story takes place in 1943, which marks the start of Hitler's rage. This story is told through the eyes Julien Quentin, a small French boy going to a boarding school near Fontainebleau, France. In the real history behind this movie, the director, Louis Malle, was the little boy Julien Quentin, living through this terrible time. As the story progresses, we meet a very bright child by the name of Jean Bonnet, who we later find out is hiding from the Gestapo because he is Jewish and his real name is Kippelstein, not Bonnet. Later, the Gestapo search the school under suspicion, find Louis along with two other students to be Jewish and an anti-Nazi priest, and take the children to Aushwitz, a concentration camp in Poland where they died shortly after in a gas chamber. The priest, however was taken to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration where he died after being liberated.

Les Choristes

Les Choristes, what a fantastic movie! If you haven't seen it, watch it, soon. Basically, this French movie is about a year-round boarding school, called Fond de l’étang (bottom of the pond) for troublemaking boys and the ups and downs of one specific year. We are introduced to some characters in the first part of the movie, including Mr. Rachin, the bitter headmaster, Mr. Maxence, the janitor, and Mr. or Clement Mathieu. Soon we find that there are some trouble makers, some good students, and some thieves.


The story takes a strange turn when Mr. Mathieu creates a choir with these adolescents and strangely enough, a brilliant soloist emerges. The school of about forty children become extremely enthused with the choir and the rest of the story is very heart-warming and it is fill of twists and turns. Overall, I would give this movie a nine out of ten because it always had be watching, even thought it was in French, which is very surprising. 

Les Choristes

At this point in the movie, there are many ways that it could turn and conclude. I think that the headmaster will soon become more supportive with Clement Mathieu's chorus. Also, I think that Morhange will become more and more enthused in the chorus and will become a good student and not a troublemaker. Finally, I think that he will arm up to his mother and realize that what she is doing for him is only for his own good. He will realize that his time at the school will be more beneficial than he tought.

Les Choristes

The movie we started to watch in French class today is called Les Choristes. When it first started to play, I was pretty skeptical on how good or bad it was going to be but, as it started to get going, it got better and better. First we meet the composer and a close family member, which probably is his mother, dies and he go to her house after the funeral. At the house, an old school friend comes to meet him whos name is Pepinot, and soon they reflect on their days at boarding school together.

The rest of the movie that we got to watch today involved some events at school with the new dean of discipline, Mr. Mathieu. I think that the movie, so far, has been very inticing and interesting and I am looking foreward to seeing the rest of it.