Forbidden Games 1952

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Forbidden Games ★★★★ Les Jeux Interdits 1952

Famous anti-war drama about two French children play-acting the dramas of war amid the carnage of WWII. Young refugee Fossey sees her parents and dog killed. She meets a slightly older boy whose family takes the girl in. The children decide to bury the animals they have seen killed in the same way that people are buried—even stealing crosses from the cemetery to use over the animal graves. Eventually they are discovered and Fossey is again separated from her newfound home. Acclaimed; available in both dubbed and English-subtitled versions. 90m/B VHS, DVD . FR Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Amedee, Louis Herbert, Suzanne Courtal, Jacques Marin, Laurence Badie, Andre Wasley, Louis Sainteve; D: Rene Clement; W: Rene Clement, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, Francois Boyer; C: Robert Juillard; M: Narciso Yepes. Oscars ‘52: Foreign Film; British Acad. ‘53: Film; N.Y. Film Critics ‘52: Foreign Film; Venice Film Fest. ‘52: Film.

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