| 3rd | Top drama films |
| Forbidden Games | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | René Clément |
| Produced by | Robert Dorfmann |
| Written by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost François Boyer |
| Starring | Georges Poujouly Brigitte Fossey Amédée |
| Music by | Narciso Yepes |
| Cinematography | Robert Juillard |
| Release date(s) |  May 9,
1952 December
8, 1952 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | French |
Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits), is a 1952 French language film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel, Jeux interdits.
While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere and is still one of the most popular French films in the US. Criterion released the film on DVD in 2005.
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The film recounts the death of five-year-old Paulette's (Brigitte Fossey) parents and of her pet dog in a Nazi air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, France during World War II. In the chaos, the traumatized child meets ten-year-old Michel Dollé (Georges Poujouly) whose peasant family will take her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel and the two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery where they bury her dog and then start to bury other animals, stealing crosses from the local graveyard including Michel's brother. Michel's father first suspect that Michel's brother's cross was stolen from graveyard by his neighbour, but finally comes to know that Michel has done it. Meanwhile French police come to Dollé's house to take Paulette with them. Michel can not imagine her departure. He tells his father that he would tell him where the stolen crosses are, but in return he should not hand over Paulette to police. His father doesn't keep his promise and Paulette ends up in Red Cross camp. The relation between Michel and Paulette is beautifully potrayed. Her reactions to encounters with death (death of her parents, her dog, Michels's brother) are filmed beautifully and very touching. It is a story of how innocent lives are suffered in war.
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| Preceded by Rashomon |
Academy Award
for Best Foreign Language Film 1952 (Honorary Award before creation of official award) |
Succeeded by Gate of Hell |
| Preceded by The Sound Barrier |
BAFTA Award for Best Film from any
Source 1954 |
Succeeded by The Wages of Fear |
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