The Children

Year: 1985

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: French

Director: Marguerite Duras

Comedy

Ernesto is a seven‑year‑old boy who possesses the body of a thirty‑year‑old man. On his very first day of school he becomes convinced that he cannot continue, insisting he does not wish to be taught subjects he feels he already cannot grasp, and he decides to quit, confronting the clash between his youthful mind and adult exterior.

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