History Film / AuRevoirLesEnfants

* EvilCripple: Joseph, the kitchen worker, has a lame leg. [[spoiler: He's the one who rats out Father Jean and the three Jewish children in the end.]] His physical disability makes the betrayal more ironic, considering he himself would have likely been murdered had he been German.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of the film Julien's mother says she'd like to disguise herself as a boy and go to school with him and it would be their secret. Yeah, none of ''those'' concepts will be echoed in the story at any point.

* NotSoDifferent: Julien quickly realizes this once he starts asking questions about why it is Jews are so reviled.

* EvilCripple: Joseph, the kitchen worker, has a lame leg. He's the one who rats out Father Jean and the three Jewish children in the end. His physical disability makes the betrayal more ironic, considering he himself would have likely been murdered had he been German.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: As the boys are packing their things and getting ready to leave, a rumor goes around that a groundskeeper and one of the Jewish boys got away. Then Julien discovers they were only hiding in the attic, and the Jewish boy is caught anyway. The groundskeeper does manage to get away.]]

Most of the film is a fairly light BoardingSchool SliceOfLife story, with commentary about life in France under the Occupation and antisemitism thrown in. [[TrueArtIsAngsty It got lots of awards]] and is quite popular in History classes in France and French classes abroad.

* EvilCripple: Joseph, the kitchen worker, has a lame leg. He's the one who rats out Father Jean and the three Jewish children in the end.

* AllGermansAreNazis: All the Germans shown are soldiers and thus Nazis for all intents and purposes, but averted in that while they're clearly the enemy they aren't portrayed as absolute evil. One officer kicks out militiamen who were harassing an old Jewish man in a restaurant ([[spoiler: [[EverybodyDies for all the good that did to him]]]]), and another rescues Julien and Jean when they're lost freezing in the forest after curfew and brings them back to the school.

* GoodShepherd: Father Jean.

* MissingMom: Jean hasn't heard from his mother in three months.

* TitleDrop: See the page quote. It's quite sad.

''Au Revoir les Enfants'' (''Goodbye Children'') is a 1987 semi-autobiographical film by Louis Malle. Set in [[BoardingSchool a small Carmelite boarding school]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in occupied France in the winter of 1943]], it tells the story of the friendship between two young boys, one Catholic and one Jewish.

* BlackMarket: >n important part of the boys' life, until [[spoiler: Joseph gets caught and fired over it]].

* LaResistance: Mentioned surprisingly rarely but Father Jean is implied to be a member. The groundskeeper almost certainly was.

* BlackMarket: an important part of the boys' life, until [[spoiler: Joseph gets caught and fired over it]].

* LesCollaborateurs: a lot of them, but [[spoiler: Joseph]] is the biggest example. [[spoiler: And that f*cking nun.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Joseph]] rats out [[spoiler: Père Jean and the kid's he's hiding]] to the Nazis after he [[spoiler: was fired]].

->''"Au revoir les enfants! A bientôt!"''

'''''Au Revoir les Enfants''''' (''Goodbye Children'') is a 1987 semi-autobiographical film by Louis Malle. Set in [[BoardingSchool a small Carmelite boarding school]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in occupied France in the winter of 1943]], it tells the story of the friendship between two young boys, one Catholic and one Jewish.

Most of the film is a fairly light BoardingSchool SliceOfLife story, with commentary about life in France under the Occupation and antisemitism thrown in. Then there's [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding that ending]]]]. [[TrueArtIsAngsty It got lots of awards]] and is quite popular in History classes in France and French classes abroad.

--> '''Student''': What happened ?
--> '''Other student''': They got arrested by the Boches !
--> '''German soldier''': Can the 'Boches' get their blanket back ?

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]

* UsefulNotes/TheGestapo: Well, duh this is during the Occupation from Germany.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: as the boys are packing their things and getting ready to leave, a rumor goes around that a groundskeeper and one of the Jewish boys got away. Then Julien discovers they were only hiding in the attic, and the Jewish boy is caught anyways. The groundskeeper does manage to get away]]

* LaResistance: mentioned surprisingly rarely but Father Jean is implied to be a member. The groundskeeper almost certainly was.

--> '''François''': Women, my boy, they're all whores. ''bumps into someone right behind him'' Oh, sorry Sister...

--> '''Julien :''' I've got the treasure! We've won! The Greens have won! ''flapping sound of birds taking flight, creaking sound of branches. Pan to the completely empty forest. Oh, and it's winter and night will probably fall soon.''

''Au revoir les enfants ! A bientôt !''

* FriendInTheBlackMarket: What would we do without you, Joseph ?
* {{Gestapo}}: Well, duh this is during the Occupation from Germany.

--> '''Julien :''' I've got the treasure ! We've won ! The Greens have won ! ''flapping sound of birds taking flight, creaking sound of branches. Pan to the completely empty forest. Oh, and it's winter and night will probably fall soon.''

* LaResistance: mentioned surprisingly rarely but Father Jean is implied to be a member.

* AllGermansAreNazis : All the Germans shown are soldiers and thus Nazis for all intents and purposes, but averted in that while they're clearly the enemy they aren't portrayed as absolute evil. One officer kicks out militiamen who were harassing an old Jewish man in a restaurant ([[spoiler: [[EverybodyDies for all the good that did to him]]]]), and another rescues Julien and Jean when they're lost freezing in the forest after curfew and brings them back to the school.
--> '''Student''' : What happened ?
--> '''Other student''' : They got arrested by the Boches !
--> '''German soldier''' : Can the 'Boches' get their blanket back ?
* BlackMarket : an important part of the boys' life, until [[spoiler: Joseph gets caught and fired over it]].

* BondingOverMissingParents : Julien tries to do this as Jean hasn't seen his father in two years and Julien's father works in Lille so he hardly ever sees him either.
* CardCarryingVillain : Dr. Müller probably has an actual card to prove it, too.
* LesCollaborateurs : a lot of them, but [[spoiler: Joseph]] is the biggest example. [[spoiler: And that f*cking nun.]]
* DotingParent : Julien's mother.

* DuetBonding : Jean and Julien on the piano.
* {{Foreshadowing}} : At the beginning of the film Julien's mother says she'd like to disguise herself as a boy and go to school with him and it would be their secret. Yeah, none of ''those'' concepts will be echoed in the story at any point.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket : What would we do without you, Joseph ?
* {{Gestapo}} : Well, duh this is during the Occupation from Germany.
* GreedyJew : Invoked by Joseph when Julien drives a hard bargain for his stamps.
* GoodShepherd : Father Jean.
* LaserGuidedKarma : Father Jean [[spoiler: fires Joseph]] although he himself says it's an injustice. It doesn't take long for the consequences of that decision to come and bite him in the ass...
* LaResistance : mentioned surprisingly rarely but Father Jean is implied to be a member.
* MissingMom : Jean hasn't heard from his mother in three months.
* MommasBoy : Julien. When he isn't saying he hates her for sending him to boarding school...
* NotSoDifferent : Julien quickly realizes this once he starts asking questions about why it is Jews are so reviled.

* PyrrhicVictory : Julien, in the treasure hunt.

* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon : Wow, who knew that priest would be the type to hide Jewish refugees?

'''''Au Revoir les Enfants''''' (''Goodbye Children'') is a 1987 semi-autobiographical film by Louis Malle. Set in [[BoardingSchool a small Carmelite boarding school]] [[WorldWarII in occupied France in the winter of 1943]], it tells the story of the friendship between two young boys, one Catholic and one Jewish.

'''''Au Revoir les Enfants''''' (''Goodbye Children'') is a 1987 semi-autobiographical film by Louis Malle. Set in [[BoardingSchool a small Carmelite boarding school]] in occupied France in [[WorldWarII the winter of 1943]], it tells the story of the friendship between two young boys, one Catholic and one Jewish.

Most of the film is a fairly light BoardingSchool SliceOfLife story, with commentary about life in France under the Occupation and antisemitism thrown in. And then there's [[spoiler: [[TearJerker that]] [[DownerEnding ending]]]]. [[TrueArtIsAngsty It got lots of awards]] and is quite popular in History classes in France and French classes abroad.

* AllGermansAreNazis : Played straight in that all the Germans shown are soldiers and thus literally Nazis for all intents and purposes, but averted in that while they're clearly the enemy they aren't portrayed as absolute evil. One officer kicks out militiamen who were harassing an old Jewish man in a restaurant ([[spoiler: [[EverybodyDies for all the good that did to him]]]]), and another rescues Julien and Jean when they're lost freezing in the forest after curfew and brings them back to the school.

* BoardingSchool

* {{Gestapo}} : Well, duh.

* TruthInTelevision

* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon : Wow, who knew that priest would be the type to hide Jewish refugees ?