Dir: René Clément
1952
*****
Forbidden Games is as heartbreaking as it gets. It really does show the horrors of war seen through the eyes of children. I thought that it slumped a bit in the third quarter, there is an unnecessary element of humour where the simple 'peasant' family are concerned but the last scene is as sad as the first; haunting, beautiful and hard to forget. It's shocking, tender, sad, heartbreaking and heartwarming. To produce all of these emotions in just one film takes a true master of cinema and that is exactly what Lucien Hubert was, although sadly he will always be remembered as just a comedian. Highly recommended for all, in fact this is essential viewing.
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