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Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
· Movie
· 104 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #245
- IMDb #386
- Rotten Tomatoes #105
- Letterboxd #232
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #231
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #278
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #255
- Criticker #129
- Kinopoisk #808
- AlloCiné #702
- Trakt #737
Every rating
73–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →At a Catholic boarding school in occupied France during WWII, a young boy forms a friendship with a new student. He slowly discovers that his friend is Jewish and is being hidden by the priests from the Nazis. Their childhood innocence is shattered by the brutal reality of the war and betrayal.
Details
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Writer
- Louis Malle
- Released
- 7 October 1987
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy
- Language
- French, German, English, Greek, Latin
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 26 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (35) →
Awards & nominations
See all 35 →26 wins from 35 nominations across 30 ceremonies
| Best Direction 1989 | Best Direction | Louis Malle | Winner |
| Best European Film 1989 | Best European Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
| Best Film 1989 | Best Film | Louis Malle | Nominee |
| Best Film Not in the English Language 1989 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Louis Malle | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film 1989 | Best Foreign Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film 1989 | Best Foreign Language Film | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay 1989 | Best Original Screenplay | Louis Malle | Nominee |
| Foreign Film (Silver) 1989 | Foreign Film (Silver) | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Best Film
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
| Best Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
| Best Film | Louis Malle | Nominee |
| Best Film | Louis Malle | Nominee |
Best Foreign Film
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Foreign Language Film
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Au revoir les enfants | Nominee |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Renato Berta | Winner |
Best Direction
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Direction | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Director
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Editing
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Editing | Emnanuelle Castro | Winner |
Best European Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Foreign Director
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Director | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Foreign Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Screenplay | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Foreign film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign film | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best French Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best French Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Production Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Willy Holt | Winner |
Best Screenwriter
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenwriter | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Sound
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Sound | Jean-Claude Laureux, Claude Villand, Bernard Leroux | Winner |
Director of Best Foreign Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Director of Best Foreign Film | Louis Malle | Winner |
Foreign Film (Silver)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Foreign Film (Silver) | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
Foreign Language Film of the Year
1 nomination, 1 won
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Au revoir les enfants | Winner |
Golden Lion
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Lion | Louis Malle | Winner |
OCIC Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| OCIC Award | Louis Malle | Winner |
Sergio Trasatti Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Sergio Trasatti Award | Louis Malle | Winner |
Special Golden Ciak
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Golden Ciak | Louis Malle | Winner |
UNICEF Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| UNICEF Award | Louis Malle | Winner |
Best Costume Design
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | Corinne Jorry | Nominee |
Best Film Not in the English Language
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Louis Malle | Nominee |
Best International Film
1 nomination
| Best International Film | Louis Malle | Nominee |
Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Louis Malle | Nominee |
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Louis Malle | Nominee |
Most Promising Actor
1 nomination
| Most Promising Actor | François Négret | Nominee |