This Special Friendship
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jean Delannoy
Francis Lacombrade
Didier Haudepin
Lucien Nat
Louis Seigner
Michel Bouquet
Film Details
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Synopsis
Soon after his arrival at a strict French parochial school in the early 1930's, 16-year-old Georges becomes good friends with a fellow student, Lucien. Upset at discovering a love letter to Lucien from another boy, Georges turns the note over to the Father Superior. The scandal results in the dismissal of the boy who wrote the letter, but Lucien remains in school. As the weeks pass, Georges finds himself increasingly attracted to a younger student, Alexandre. At Lucien's suggestion, Georges begins meeting Alexandre. When their regular meetings are threatened by the suspicions of Father Trennes, a young priest, Georges retaliates by telling the Father Superior that Father Trennes sometimes entertains students in his office at night. Caught one evening with a boy, Father Trennes is immediately dismissed. Before leaving, however, he warns Georges against judging others too rigidly. One afternoon Alexandre's confessor, Father Lauzon, discovers Georges and Alexandre playing and smoking together in a shed, and he threatens to expel them unless they abandon their special friendship. Georges agrees to stop seeing his young friend, but Alexandre has decided that expulsion is preferable to repudiating their relationship. Crushed by his friend's desertion, Alexandre kills himself by leaping from a train that is carrying him home.
Director
Jean Delannoy
Cast
Francis Lacombrade
Didier Haudepin
Lucien Nat
Louis Seigner
Michel Bouquet
François Leccia
Crew
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in September 1964 as Les amitiés particulières; running times: 90 min and 102 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in France September 2, 1964
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Released in France September 2, 1964
