Release, runtime and language

1964 · 96 mins · French

Directed by

Jean Delannoy

Starring

Didier Haudepin, Michel Bouquet, Dominique Maurin, Gérard Chambre, Bernard Musson, Louis Seigner

The film explores the tender yet conflicted bond between a twelve‑year‑old boy and a fourteen‑year‑old upper‑classman, the object of his longing, set against the austere backdrop of a Jesuit‑run school. Their relationship raises questions of guilt, desire and the constraints of a rigid, religious environment.