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Jeux interdits = Forbidden games.

Clément, René, 1913-1996 (film director.). Aurenche, Jean, (screenwriter.). Bost, Pierre, 1901-1975 (screenwriter.). Fossey, Brigitte, (actor.). Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000 (actor.). Hubert, Lucien, (actor.). Courtal, Suzanne, (actor.). Marin, Jacques, 1919-2001 (actor.). Boyer, François, 1920-2003 Jeux inconnus. (Added Author). Janus Films, (production company.). Brigitte Fossey, George Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, Suzanne Courtal, Jacques Marin. (Cast).

Summary:

A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. She is befriended by a pre-adolescent peasant boy after she wandered away from the other refugees, and is taken in for a few weeks by his family. The children become fast friends, and the film follows their attempt to assimilate the deaths they both face, and the religious rituals surrounding those deaths, through the construction of a cemetery for all sorts of animals. Child-like and adult activity are frequently at cross-purposes, however.

Les parents de la petite Paulette sont tués lors des bombardements de juin 1940, dans le centre de la France. La fillette de cinq ans est recueillie par les Dollé, une famille de paysans. Elle devient l'amie de leur jeune fils de onze ans, Michel. Après avoir enterré le chien de Paulette dans un vieux moulin abandonné, les deux enfants constituent peu à peu un véritable cimetière pour insectes et petits animaux. Les problèmes commencent lorsque Michel se met à voler des croix pour en orner les tombes du cimetière miniature.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (90 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
Publisher: [New York] : Janus Films, [1952]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by François Boyer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directed by Rene Clement ; written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost.
Participant or Performer Note:	Brigitte Fossey, George Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, Suzanne Courtal, Jacques Marin.
Language Note:	French language track, with English subtitles.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.