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Mt. Laurel Library to screen foreign film ‘Au Revoir Les Enfants’ on Aug. 20

The film looks back on a childhood in a Jesuit-run school in France during World War II.

The Mt. Laurel Library will host a free screening of the foreign film ‘Au Revoir Les Enfants’ on Aug. 20

In what the library describes as a touching and powerful autobiographical story, director Louis Malle (“Atlantic City”) looks back on his own childhood in a Jesuit-run school in France during World War II.

Through the film a school student befriends the newest kid in his class after struggling with him, then makes some startling discoveries about his new friend’s background.

This 1987 film is n French with English subtitles and is rated PG with a 104 minute runtime.

No registration required to attend this screening.

For more information, visit www.mountlaurellibrary.org.

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