Re: French movies for boys

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Au Revoir les Enfants is a good one.

On 9/11/09, anna wrote:
> Hi, I'm a beginning teacher and I've been trawling through
> the internet for the last few hours looking for French
> films that would appeal to thirteen year old boys, but
> haven't found any yet. A lot of people recommend 'la gloire
> de mon père' and 'les choristes', but i'm sceptical as to
> how well the lack of action would go down and whether the
> subtle humour would be understood.
>
> Of course, with that age group there are pretty rigourous
> restrictions regarding language, sex, etc., so that
> definitely rules out 'Amelie' and many other films too.
>
> I was just wondering if any one had some ideas?
>
> Many thanks
 

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