Rene Clement directs this moving, multi-award winning wartime drama. Set in France in 1940, the story follows five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), who is left traumatised after her parents and pet dog are killed in a Nazi air attack whilst fleeing Paris. She soon finds herself befriended by ten-year-old Michel Dolle (Georges Poujouly), however, whose peasant family takes her in. As Paulette and Michel become best friends, they find a way of coping with the death and destruction that surrounds them by creating their own world, and in particular, a small cemetery in the ruins of an old barn, where they bury Paulette's dog, and any other dead animals and insects they find.
- Region Code:
- Region 2
- Duration:
- 85 minutes
- Original Language:
- French
- Extras:
- Language(s): French, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.33, Dolby Mono, Documentaries: 'Innocent Love Stories Under Occupation', Interviews: Brigitte Fossey, Laurence Badie, Denitza Bancheva (Historian), Alternate opening and ending
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