The Criterion Collection presents
Nov 2008 Cruel Stories of Youth
We were all young once—but hopefully not like this! These stories of children in extremis take the popular genre of the childhood film to new levels of horror, abjection, and surreality. From Louis Malle’s tragic wartime memoir <i>Au revoir les enfants</i> to Peter Brooks’s adaptation of the classic parable of cruel youth <i>Lord of the Flies</i> to Catherine Breillat’s shocking <i>Fat Girl</i>, these quirky, beautiful films all depict young people on the edge—and feature some pretty astonishing performances too.
Films
Fat Girl
Italy, France 2001
86 Min
Dir Catherine Breillat
1765 Views
Berlinale (Manfred Salzgeber Award), Chicago (Gold Hugo), Rotterdam (MovieZone Award)
Ratcatcher
France, United Kingdom 1999
94 Min
Dir Lynne Ramsay
827 Views
Edinburgh (New Directors Award)
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