Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits) is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel 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.
"This is an outstanding film that I have used several times in a French cinema class. It is very difficult to access--the dvd is out of print and this ..."
"In 1940, a little French war orphan and her adoptive family's young son steal crosses and create a makeshift cemetery for dead animals after her natur..."