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Modern Languages Film #6: Au Revoir, les enfants (Goodbye, Children) (France, Louis Malle, 1987).

1944: Julien's life in a French Catholic boarding school is disrupted by the arrival of a new student who challenges his position at the top of his class. Gradually the boys develop mutual respect and share a secret: Jean is Jewish and is being hidden from the Nazis. An autobiographical tale of friendship and innocence in the face of evil from an acclaimed director. (In French with English subtitles)

Modern Languages Film #6: Au Revoir, les enfants (Goodbye, Children) (France, Louis Malle, 1987).

1944: Julien's life in a French Catholic boarding school is disrupted by the arrivai of a new student who challenges his position at the top of his class. Gradually the boys develop mutual respect and shore a secret: Jean is Jewish and is being hidden from the Nazis. An autobiographical tale of friendship and innocence in the face of evil from an acclaimed director. (In French with English subtitles)

Modern Languages FIlm #4: Tomboy (France, Céline Sciamma, 2011)

When her family moves to a new neighbourhood during the summer holidays, 10-year-old Laure is mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and she decides to be "Mikael." Director Sciamma brings a light touch to this tale of childhood fibs, dreams and the freedom to explore identity. (In French with English subtitles)

Screening hosted by: Dr. Kristine Alexander, Institute for Child and Youth Studies

Modern Languages Film #4: Tomboy (France, Céline Sciamma, 2011).

When her family moves to a new neighbourhood during the summer holidays,10-year-old Laure is mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and she decides to be "Mikael." Director Sciamma brings a light touch to this tale of childhood fibs, dreams and the freedom to explore identity.

Modern Languages Film #4: Tomboy (France, Céline Sciamma, 2011).

When her family moves to a new neighbourhood during the summer holidays,10-year-old Laure is mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and she decides to be "Mikael." Director Sciamma brings a light touch to this tale of childhood fibs, dreams and the freedom to explore identity. (In French with English subtitles)

A second screening, on Wednesday, March 6 will be hosted by Dr. Kristine Alexander (Institute for Child and Youth Studies).

Los Colores de la Montana (The Colours of the Mountain). Colombia & Panama, Carlos César Arbelâez, 2010. Manuel, who is 9 and aspires to be a football star, plots with his friends to rescue his precious ball when it gets kicked into an abandoned minefield in the lush, mountainous Colombian countryside. Their quest becomes a metaphor for their struggle to preserve their childhood while caught in the adult world of armed military forces and guerrilla rebels. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Los Colores de la Montana (The Colours of the Mountain). Colombia & Panama, Carlos César Arbelâez, 2010. Manuel, who is 9 and aspires to be a football star, plots with his friends to rescue his precious ball when it gets kicked into an abandoned minefield in the lush, mountainous Colombian countryside. Their quest becomes a metaphor for their struggle to preserve their childhood while caught in the adult world of armed military forces and guerrilla rebels. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Entre les murs [The Class] (France, Laurent Cantet, 2008). A teacher in a tough multi-ethnic Parisian neighbourhood finds his idealism challenged and his methods up-ended. Based on an autobiographical novel by teacher and writer François Bégaudeau (who plays the lead role), The Class avoids all the genre clichés, and is an honest, funny and enlightening look at how teacher and students learn from one anothe. Available in French with English subtitles.

誰も知らない (Dare mo shiranai) [Nobody Knows] (Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2004). Four children live with their mother in a Tokyo apartment; they have different fathers, no schooling and a simple, happy life. But gradually their mother abandons them, leaving 12-year-old Akira in charge. When food and money start to run out, the four siblings cling to their small and resilient world, determined to survive in the face of an indifferent adult universe.  (In Japanese with English subtitles).