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This Special Friendship (1964)

Sep 04, 1964 Drama, Romance 1h 36m
79%
User Score
7.7/10

What Was Their Guilt?

Overview

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

Jean Delannoy
Director
Jean Aurenche
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Francis Lacombrade
Francis Lacombrade

Georges de Sarre
Didier Haudepin
Didier Haudepin

Alexandre Motier
François Leccia
François Leccia

Lucien Rouvière
Dominique Maurin
Dominique Maurin

Marc de Blajean
Louis Seigner
Louis Seigner

Father Lauzon
Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet

Father Trennes
Lucien Nat
Lucien Nat

Father Superior
Gérard Chambre
Gérard Chambre

André Ferron
Henri Coutet
Henri Coutet

The employee of the institution

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on January 12, 2024

As love stories go, this has to be one of the more touching I've seen on film. Set amidst the controlling but not oppressive environment of a Jesuit run school, we meet the young "Comte Georges" (Francis Lacombrade) who develops a friendship with the younger "Alexandre (Didier Haudepin). Now it's not in any way a sexual or predatory relationship, but the two instantly click with the younger lad clearly infatuated with his older friend who sees in "Alexandre" an opportunity to nurture a genuine love and affection. Naturally, the fathers take a fairly dim view of any friendship that suggests even the most platonic degree of intimacies between the boys, and so "Fr. Superior" (Lucien Nat) attempts to put a stop to things by threatening to send "George" away from the school. What now ensues are...

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