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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 Au revoir les enfants to Peter Brooks’s adaptation of the classic parable of cruel youth Lord of the Flies to Catherine Breillat’s shocking Fat Girl, these quirky, beautiful films all depict young people on the edge—and feature some pretty astonishing performances too.

Films

El Espíritu de la colmena

The Spirit of the Beehive

Spain 1973

99 Min

Dir Víctor Erice

220 Views

  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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A ma soeur

Fat Girl

France, Italy 2001

86 Min

Dir Catherine Breillat

428 Views

  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Au revoir les enfants

Au revoir les enfants

France 1987

101 Min

Dir Louis Malle

152 Views

  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

United Kingdom 1963

90 Min

Dir Peter Brook

138 Views

  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

United Kingdom 1999

94 Min

Dir Lynne Ramsay

161 Views

  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Sweetie

Sweetie

New Zealand 1989

99 Min

Dir Jane Campion

161 Views

  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Films in previous Criterion festivals are available to watch for $5.

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woolly

2Jul09

Yeah, where is it?   

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Punit S.

1Jul09

No June festival ? :(  

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woolly

25Jun09

1) Cria cuervos...
2) L'avventura
3) Cleo from 5 to 7
4) The Cranes Are Flying
5) Harakiri
6) Black Orpheus

But really, all (with the exception of Black Orpheus) were wonderful. Wonderful.  

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Punit S.

7Jun09

Ok, I finished watching all the 6 and here are my rankings with ratings.

1) Harakiri - 9/10
2) The Cranes are Flying - 9/10
3) Cria Cuervos - 8.5/10
4) L'Avventura - 8/10
5) Cleo from 5 to 7 - 8/10
6) Black Orpheus - 7/10  

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