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.