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Forbidden Games (1952)
I'm very impressed with this film!...Forbidden Games is a very engrossing story that's both sentimental, while being a bit disturbing too. The film in a way feels like an old Twilight Zone episode, not so much in structure but due to the strange subject matter. What the children do after the bomb attack is odd, extremely odd! And yet believable.
I mean that in a good way, as this was a very unique perspective on the psychological damages of WWII on the people and especially the children of rural southern France.
I thought this was well done and both child actors were excellent. It's actually amazing that the little girl could get so much emotions on the screen, if only some adult actors could do that. I don't know if she was acting or perhaps the director was telling her frightening stories for a reaction from her. Either way it was amazing the way the shattered world of the children came alive on the screen, I would never have thought of the subject matter, very creative idea for a movie and put together nicely. I enjoyed it.
Forbidden Games (1952)
Jeux interdits (original title)
Director: René Clément
Writers: Jean Aurenche (dialogue), Jean Aurenche (screenplay)
Cast: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée
Genre: Drama
Language: French
Director: René Clément
Writers: Jean Aurenche (dialogue), Jean Aurenche (screenplay)
Cast: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée
Genre: Drama
Language: French
"A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death."
I mean that in a good way, as this was a very unique perspective on the psychological damages of WWII on the people and especially the children of rural southern France.
I thought this was well done and both child actors were excellent. It's actually amazing that the little girl could get so much emotions on the screen, if only some adult actors could do that. I don't know if she was acting or perhaps the director was telling her frightening stories for a reaction from her. Either way it was amazing the way the shattered world of the children came alive on the screen, I would never have thought of the subject matter, very creative idea for a movie and put together nicely. I enjoyed it.