To appreciate the immense emotional gulf between the British and the Continental experience of World War II you only have to compare two recent biographical films by directors now in their mid-50s - ...
Re-released in cinemas to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Louis Malle’s 1987 film offers an unrivalled depiction of childhood, memory and war Why Au Revoir les Enfants is the one film you should watch ...
It is Parents’ Weekend 1943 at St. John of the Cross, a Carmelite boarding school for boys in Nazi-occupied France. Père Jean (played by Philippe Morier-Genoud), the headmaster, is celebrating Mass.