'"Are You Scared?” “All the Time.” – Premature Transition to Adulthood in 'Au Revoir Les Enfants'
Exploring Louis Malle's use of structure and symbolism to represent a curtailed youth and accelerated transition into adulthood in 'Au Revoir Les Enfants'.
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Louis Malle’s 1987 semi-autobiographical film Au Revoir Les Enfants is, in its own way, a coming-of-age film. Unlike other cinematic bildungsromans, h…
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