The Great Meaulnes

The Great Meaulnes

2006 · 97 min · FR · 5.4 (39 votes)
Dir. Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe · Starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Torreton, Émilie Dequenne, Malik Zidi
Drama

A coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys experience love, loss, anguish and betrayal in a rural setting of great beauty.

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A tender, dreamlike evocation of youth's fleeting magic. It feels like a half-remembered summer, tinged with the melancholy of growing up and the ache of first love. Beautifully shot and deeply felt.

nostalgicmelancholicdreamlikewistfulslow-burnarthouseperiod dramalyricalatmosphericcoming-of-agelost innocenceunrequited lovememory
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