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Le vieil homme et l'enfant, The two of us = The old man and the boy, Janus Films ; Rialto Pictures ; Pathé! ; Valoria Films présente ; scénario et dialogues de Claude Berri ; adaptation de Gérard Brach et Claude Berri, [avec] collaboration de Michel Rivelin ; producteur délégué Paul Cadéac ; un film de Claude Berri ; une co-production P.A.C./Valoria Films/Renn Productions

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Le vieil homme et l'enfant

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Janus Films ; Rialto Pictures ; Pathé! ; Valoria Films présente ; scénario et dialogues de Claude Berri ; adaptation de Gérard Brach et Claude Berri, [avec] collaboration de Michel Rivelin ; producteur délégué Paul Cadéac ; un film de Claude Berri ; une co-production P.A.C./Valoria Films/Renn Productions

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The Criterion collection, 388

The two of us = The old man and the boy

Director Claude Berri's introduction on the title screens reads "This film is a true story but seen through the imagination a child particularly sensitive to the tragic events which surrounded him in occupied France. The warm affection of this family of good people who took him in nevertheless leaves him with a certain poetic nostalgia for this time and a deep gratitude toward them." This film is his re-telling and re-creation of the life of a small Jewish boy from in Nazi-occupied Paris, sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until France's liberation. Forced to hide his identity, eight-year-old Claude bonds with the irascible, staunchly anti-Semitic Grampa, who improbably becomes his friend and confidant

Claude Langmann -- Understanding the situation -- "L-O-N-G-U-E-T" -- First meal -- Checking for cooties -- "The goose is cooked" -- Mass, billiards, and blackouts -- Sticks and stones -- True confidants -- Today's lessons -- Scared of being a Jew -- Farmer's daughter -- "Three cheers for wine!" -- Postcard to Dinou -- Two of us -- Kinou -- Good-byes -- Color bars

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Two of usOld man and the boy