Enfance volée - chronique d'un déni

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

At 25, Berthe dreams of making a living from her painting, never to marry, and to always stay with her sister Edma. Her parents do not see things from the same angle. Then Berthe meets Edouard Manet, who takes an interest in this young artist apprentice whose face inspires him.

Elodie is sixteen years old. For several months now, her great love affair with Harry, a high school classmate, has been helping her forget her father's absence and the dreariness of the suburb where she lives with her mother. But a few days after her birthday, reality suddenly catches up with her when she discovers she is pregnant. Faced with a fait accompli, Harry procrastinates and hesitates. Elodie, however, once the shock of the discovery has passed, does not feel capable of having an abortion. The contradictory advice she receives from those she turns to in her distress does not help her to keep a clear head...