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The Book Thief
Why this pick
Like A Bag of Marbles, it follows a child navigating Nazi Germany through resourcefulness and small acts of courage, balancing danger with a humane, intimate view of family bonds.
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MOVIE2017 1h 50m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Au Revoir les Enfants
Why this pick
Its restrained, child-level perspective on occupied France creates the same quiet tension and moral clarity, with friendship and everyday school life shadowed by wartime peril.
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Run Boy Run
Why this pick
A young boy’s improvised survival across wartime Poland echoes the brothers’ ingenuity and vulnerability, told with direct emotional urgency rather than battlefield spectacle.
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The Island on Bird Street
Why this pick
This child-centred wartime survival story shares the original’s suspenseful use of hiding, observation and resilience, while keeping its focus on a boy’s longing to return to family.
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The Last Metro
Why this pick
Also set in occupied Paris, it finds suspense in concealment, false identities and resistance, pairing period detail with an affectionate, human-scale ensemble.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In occupied France during World War II, two young Jewish brothers, Maurice and Joseph, are sent by their parents to the Italian occupation of France, and display courage, intelligence and ingenuity as they escape the occupiers and try to reunite their family.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Vincent Nemeth
Le professeur
Batyste Fleurial
Maurice Joffo
Patrick Bruel
Roman
Bernard Campan
Ambroise Mancelier
Kev Adams
Ferdinand
César Domboy
Henri
Holger Daemgen
Alois Brunner
Pierre Kiwitt
SS Allemand