Au Revoir Les Enfants

Back in my university days, while discovering international filmmaking, I first watched Louis Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants. When I used to compile a top ten/twenty films, it was often on that list. I recently bought the DVD and watched it again -- and after fifteen years, I still think it is a great film: a simple story, but rich with character and emotion; a microcosm of the terror wrought by anti-Semitism and the courage of quiet heroes during World War II.