Tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true comaraderie, until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Louis Malle's own childhood, the film is an observed tale of courage, cowardice and tragic awakening.

Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container. Guide includes an essay by film critic Philip Kemp ("Childhood's end"), and an essay by historian Francis J. Murphy ("Père Jacques and the petit-collège d'avon"). Also issued as part of the set: 3 films by Louis Malle.