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Actors: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Forbidden Games |
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FORBIDDEN GAMES (Jeux interdits) is a movie cowritten and directed by René Clément in 1952. The picture won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Brigitte Fossey's parents are killed in an air raid while fleeing Paris. The little girl is taken in by a peasant family and soon becomes the best friend of Michel, the youngest of the family. Both kids try to cope with the death that surrounds them by building a secret little cemetery where they bury all kinds of animals.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Forbidden Games |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war (general)
- war, WW II
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a kid
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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