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Forbidden Games (1952)

★ 8.0Not Rated86 minDirector: René Clément

1952 French film

Forbidden Games (French: Jeux Interdits) is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel Les Jeux Interdits.

While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, a Special Award as Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, and a Best Film from any Source at the British Academy Film Awards.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Forbidden Games about?
Forbidden Games (1952) — A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. She is befriended by a pre-adolescent peasant boy after she wandered away from the other refugees, and is taken in for a few weeks by his family. The child
Is Forbidden Games based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Forbidden Games scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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