Louis Malle Au Revoir Les Enfants

The main character, a young, German man named Peter Muller, was very traumatized by what the Nazi's and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring, whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie, Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light, and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter's father was a violinist and professor at the university. He spoke out against the expulsion of the Jewish professors and the entire Nazi movement. Because of this, one night, in the middle of dinner, he was taken away by the Gestapo. He was brought back home

The second part describes Lac's first day in school. He was dressed up in a suit because his father thought that things would work the same way as they do in his home town. Lac was nervous because he knew that he would have to face a lot of taunts from other kids as he was different. Fortunately he finds a kid who looks like him and it makes him feel good. His name is "Phat Bich" but his father had changed it to Johnny as other kids made fun of the name, he also was Vietnamese. They soon become fast friends as they can connect with each other easily. They both have difficulty in learning English language as one scene describes that their English teacher tries to teach him words with alphabets but the two kids are completely clueless. The chapter ends with Lac's satisfaction

In 1956, just a few years after the Holocaust came to an end, director Alain Resnais released the documentary Nuit Et Brouillard meaning Night and Fog. The film is presented in both color and black and white, and is narrated in French by Michael Bouquet. In the film, the abandoned grounds of Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Majdanek are pictured. As images of the camps are shown, the narrator describes one of the most devastating historical events in detail. Each element of the film come together to create an incredibly raw and evocative portrayal of the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust.

That means each man was on the verge of dying from starvation and they saw the few crumbs from the bread as something that could save them from their death beds. However, the man was amused by the men beating each up for the ration because he’s never seen how much of animal man can turn into given the right circumstances. The Nazi’s felt that the Jewish men on the freight cars were already heading to their deaths along with their already deceased friends and family, so they didn’t give them any food due to that aspect. Dehumanization is shown because the ones who lived in fear actually turned into the ones conflicting

“Still, our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private homes, even in the homes of Jews. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant, but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no unpleasant comments, and even smiled occasionally at the mistress of the house.” (5)

The restaurant scene is essential in under lining the way in which Malle does not see the French and Germans as merely “black and white” but instead evaluates each of their characteristics and exploits them thoughout many scenes in order to highlight the common misjudgements made by many people.

The renowned film ‘Au revoir les enfants’ directed by Louis Malle shows the lives of boys in a boarding school that is run by priests. Three new students (including Bonnet) arrive whom at first appear to be like Julien (the protagonist) and the rest of the boys. However, it is soon revealed that they are Jewish children who are kept hidden by the staff at the school – especially when there are raids from the German occupiers. The use of character development is prominently used to convey the historic background that is World war two. Julien, who is one the of main protagonists represents the director (Louis Malle) at the Catholic boarding school in France. This choice of character gives the viewers the closest representation of what occurred in the Second world war even though it is depicted through a film that contains fiction.

Louis Malle 's Pretty Baby was released in 1978. It tells a story of a brothel in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1917. New Orleans was known for its red light district at a time; prostitution was legalized there in a period between 1897 and 1917. The film offers a glimpse of the last months of the brothel 's life. Pretty Baby is a story of Violet, a 12-year-old girl, who is a daughter of one of the most famous prostitutes in a brothel. Violet is pretty, brutally honest, and does not know life outside the brothel. In some time, Violet 's virginity is auctioned off and she is expected to become a prostitute, like her mother. However, falling in love with a photographer, who is always present in a brothel and takes picture of prostitutes, she runs away from the brothel to his house. The photographer takes care of Violet until she is picked up in the end of the movie by her mother, who had met a respectable gentleman ready to take her and her kids away to start a new life.

“Sort through the clothing; valuables in one pile, rags in another. Keep anything for yourselves and I’ll kill you myself” the Nazi barked. Although I wouldn’t call my job enjoyable, I was able to avoid the wrath of the Nazi’s, for I couldn’t mess too much up, if I got cold, I could dig my arms into the piles of clothes, but my favorite part was working with Josef, my work companion. One day, Josef found a piece of bread in a coat pocket, and he quickly ate it, but not quick enough, for a Nazi soldier shoved his foot on the small of his back, pushing him to the ground. “Did you not know how to listen?” the Nazi shouted “I said I’d kill you myself, and that’s exactly what I’ll do” A shot rattled through the air, but his words rattled me. “I said I’ll kill you. I said I’ll kill you. I said I’ll kill

La France Illustrée often published degrading cartoons, one specifically with a picture of Zola hanging, below it is written, "Mort aux Juifs! À bas Zola!" (death to the Jews, down with Zola).15 The feud between the Dreyfusards and anti-Dreyfusard had begun as more newspapers began to publish articles incriminating the other side. A popular anti-Dreyfusard song was known as the Le Sans-Patrie, it described the Jews as homeless and ultimately signified the split between the French and the Jews, the outcasts.16 The affair also affected personal relationships in families. A well-known cartoon showed a civilized family sitting at the dinner table below it is written, " Surtout! Ne parlons pas de l'affaire Dreyfus! (we should not talk about the Dreyfus affair)."17 A second image is shown with the family fighting one another, beneath it written, "Ils en ont parlé (they talked about it)".18 The Dreyfus affair was a heated topic that brought along disagreements, it split the people of France and ruined relationships through the growth of anti-Semitism.

French were Okies, the Italians in suits were Okies. When I asked about the Jews,

When Father Jean introduces three new students to the school, Julien is oblivious to the fact that their Jewish who were evading by the Nazi. One of the students, Jean Bonnet is competition to Julien position as the top student in the class. Julien at first doesn't care for Bonnet, until he grows a bond with him. Julien understanding of what a Jew is develops throughout the plot of the film. Julien discovery that his new friend, Jean Bonnet is in fact Jewish begins the understanding for himself of what a Jew is.

‘The boy in the striped pyjamas’ written by John Boyne and directed by Mark Herman tells the disastrous story of a young boy Bruno and his family in Nazi Germany; the family move to the countryside when his Nazi officer dad got a promotion at a concentration camp less than a mile away from their house. Bruno meets a new boy who later becomes friends in a wild friendship. Gretel, Bruno’s sister, gets influenced by a Nazi soldier and by her teacher, which makes her drastically change into a young Nazi woman. The changes progress when looking at the five shots from the film and studying mise-en-scene.

In this statement, I believe Fr. Pedro Arrupe wanted all individuals to know that most of the time our actions should not project us into being egotistical and having ulterior motives, however we must must understand that our presence in other people’s lives affect them and their approach on us, whether we know it or not. The statement “our prime educational objective must be to form men and women for others”, simply explains that that our primary objective is to educate our culture and install the right knowledge in our men and women to set aside our wants and needs for others. A key quality is having a sense of social justice that is needed for someone to perform selfless actions and treat all acquaintances

This is an interview with Bern Eichinger, the film’s producer and writer. Throughout the interview he explicates how he feels towards the Baader Meinhof movement, and makes allusions from student movements to militaristic movements. He describes the haunting violence throughout the film and does not seem to agree with any of it.