Forbidden Games

About Forbidden Games

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog.

Forbidden Games (1952) is a war film directed by René Clément. At 87 minutes long, it arrived in May 1952.

The film is filed under france, countryside, funeral, and post war.

Brigitte Fossey appears as Paulette, Georges Poujouly as Michel Dolle, Philippe de Chérisey as Francis Gouard, and Laurence Badie as Berthe Dolle. The screenplay is by François Boyer and René Clément. In the United States it streams on Darkroom.

Au Revoir les Enfants, Dunkirk, and Jojo Rabbit make useful companions to Forbidden Games, all filed under children in wartime and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 365 votes.