Wartime drama written and directed by Louis Malle. During the Nazi occupation of France, young teenager Jean (Raphael Fejito) returns to his Catholic boarding school after some time off and strikes up a friendship with new classmate Julien (Gaspard Manesse). After some initial hostilities and friction between the pair, Julien learns that Jean is in fact Jewish, and one of three boys being offered a safe haven by the sympathetic headmaster (Philippe Morier-Genoud). However, when Gestapo officers arrive at the school, they begin to delve deeper into the lives of the students and the priests watching over them...
Director: Louis Malle
Producer: Louis Malle
Writer: Louis Malle
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns
Music: Franz Schubert
Actor: Gaspard Manesse
Actor: Raphael Fejito
Actor: Francine Racette
Actor: Stanislas Carre de Malberg
Actor: Philippe Morier-Genoud
Actor: François Négret
Actor: Peter Fitz
Actor: Pascal Rivet
Actor: Benoit Henriet
Actor: Francois Berleand
Actor: Louis Malle
Cinematographer: Renato Berta