| Show Au Re Renoir air r s Les E J Louis M Malle lIe producer director of Au RevOIr les has delivered a wonderfully made and deeply sad if bleak tale of two boys in a Catholic boarding school It is autobiographical set in France c in 1944 during the war war and Mal Malles Malle's es e's counterpart is Julien Quentin Gaspard Manesse who meets a anew anew anew new student at t the school J Jean an Bonnet Raphael who never seems to fit in in Julien slow is-slow to befriend him b but t relationship relationship relationship relation relation- ship grows throughout the film until until until un un- un- un til the friendship is tragically ally severed by the the Gestapo filtering the school for hidden Jews Malle Malley whose recent films in include include include in- in clude Atlantic City and My Dinner Dinner Dinner Din Din- ner With Andre has returned to his native France and achieved a marvelous script with flawless performances per per- The film is often dark ark and heavy and very cold visually effective at every turn This picture premiered at the US Film Festival here in Salt Lake City last January and opened in the Stat States s mid It Itis IUs is sad that it has taken so long longto to arrive it is js a afine afine fine film deserving of the attention it has received and a far sight better better better bet bet- ter than the fluffy g garbage Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood has dished out this spring s- s ss s |
