Forbidden Games

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Forbidden Games
original movie poster
Directed by	René Clément
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann
Written by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost François Boyer
Starring	Georges Poujouly Brigitte Fossey Amédée
Music by	Narciso Yepes
Cinematography	Robert Juillard
Release date(s)	May 9, 1952 December 8, 1952
Running time	102 min.
Language	French
IMDb profile

Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits), is a 1952 French language film based on François Boyer's novel, Les Jeux Inconnus.

The film recounts the death of five-year-old Paulette's (Brigitte Fossey) parents and of her pet dog while fleeing a Nazi air raid in Paris, France during World War II. In the chaos, the traumatized child meets ten-year-old Michel Dollé (Georges Poujouly) whose peasant family will take her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel as her big brother and the two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery where they bury her dog and then start to bury other animals, stealing crosses from the local graveyard.

Film critic Leonard Maltin has said: "Jeux interdits is almost unquestionably the most compelling and intensely poignant drama featuring young children ever filmed."^{[citation needed]}

Childstars Georges Poujouly and Brigitte Fossey in a scene from "Forbidden Games"

[edit] Cast

Georges Poujouly - Michel Dollé
Brigitte Fossey - Paulette
Amédée - Francis Gouard
Laurence Badie - Berthe Dollé
Suzanne Courtal - Madame Dollé
Lucien Hubert - Dollé
Jacques Marin - Georges Dollé
Pierre Merovée - Raymond Dollé
Louis Saintève - Le prêtre

[edit] Awards

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1952
Venice Film Festival Golden Lion award for best picture, 1952
New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Foregin Language Film, 1952
BAFTA Award for Best Film, 1953

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Preceded by Rashomon	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1952 (Honorary Award before creation of official award)	Succeeded by Gate of Hell