Au revoir Themes
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- Au Revoir Les Enfants
- Les thèmes
- L'amitié
- Becomes friends with Jean despite the other boys making fun of him
- not phased by the fact that Jean is Jewish
- l'innocence
- Julien is naïve to the outside world
- school acts like a cocoon
- What is a Jew?
- doesn't understand why being a Jew is considered bad so is happy to make friends with Jean
- destroyed when Jean and Pere Jea are taken away
- Child used to symbolise innocence
- coming of age drama
- leaves childhood behind and becomes aware of dangers of adult world
- at the start - Julien looking forlorn out of train window
- coming of age drama
- Louis malle wants us to think that their relationship is nothing out of the ordinary
- Julien is naïve to the outside world
- la guerre
- absurdity of the whole war
- Restaurant scene
- only occasionally does the outside world make an appearance
- power cuts
- German soldiers
- Louis Malle doesn't give a concrete message
- Most of story is frivolous - revolves around the daily lives of the children
- Persucution of the Jews
- Focused the death of one boy - to illustrate the death of 6 million Jews
- The impact it had on one person
- stopped Jean becoming a statistic
- The impact it had on one person
- Relies on the audience knowing what will happen to jews (jean)
- Focused the death of one boy - to illustrate the death of 6 million Jews
- France sous l'occupation
- more interested in victims than perpetrators
- german soldiers hunt for Jean and Jewish children like a game - hide and seek
- It was down to french women and men that the germans found the children
- Joseph denounces them
- It was down to french women and men that the germans found the children
- L'amitié
- Cinematic devices
- Dark and dull colours throughout the whole movie
- dark, depressing tone to the movie
- nothing bad happens until the final five minutes
- Dark and dull colours throughout the whole movie
- Les thèmes
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