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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0037429209622
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 06, 2005
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 22336
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1952
Editorial Review:
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A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, René Clément’s devastating Forbidden Games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France. Featuring brilliant performances from its child stars, the film won the 1952 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and remains a singular, breathtaking cinematic achievement.
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Rating:  - Under the Eyes of the Owl
Forbidden Games is a sad tale of war. A little girl (Brigitte Fossey) witnesses her family killed while fleeing the bombs of WWII. Even her dog is killed, but she carries him with her as she wanders away. She stumbles upon a rural family with a young boy named Michel (Georges Poujouly). The Dolle's take her in, and Michel becomes her closest friend. Paulette has an obsession with death, and when she buries her dog, she insists that other animals accompany him near his grave so that he will not be ... Read More
Rating: - Sad
When I was a kid in the sixties this movie appeared on TV; I was not allowed to watch it, I guess because of my parents' then traditional catholicism; I just saw at that time a glimpse of the two children with the crosses. Those images, the soundtrack which my much older sister listened to almost constantly, and the name of the movie have haunted me ever since, forty years ago.
I recently bought the DVD and I was not disappointed. The movie is so lyrical, the children's acting so heartfelt, ... Read More
Rating: - A Remarkable, Wonderful Foreign Classic
OK, I'm going to take a short break from my mocking open distain for "things French", to comment on this classic film.
"Forbidden Games" is stunning, moving, sensitive, thoughtful -- and an important time capsule from post WWII France. The soundtrack dialogue is French, with difficult to follow, fast moving English subtitles.
(I'll also break from my habit of not directly discussing plot). This film opens with a rural road mass refugee scene, as crowds flee Paris. The throng ... Read More
Rating: - Forbidden Games
The stark simplicity of Rene Clement's masterpiece makes it one of the more eloquent anti-war statements ever put on film. In a world gone mad, Michel and Paulette respond with an act of quiet kindness, which is their way of making sense of what is happening. While clinging to childhood via their secret game, the two unwittingly reflect humanity's noblest traits in its darkest hour. Haunting and profound.
Rating: - A Superb Film
"Forbidden Games" was never a film I wanted to see. I didn't know anything about it, but I saw it on video store shelves a couple times. This movie is a perfect example of why a person shouldn't judge a "book" by its cover. The cover is, usually, the first thing someone notices about a film and the cover of "Forbidden Games" doesn't scream "see me!" Too bad, because it is (as you probably already know) a masterpiece. Opening in France, in 1940, during the German blitzkrieg of Paris;
We watch as hundreds ... Read More
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