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Les amitiés particulières (1964)

Les amitiés particulières poster
Original title
Les Amitiés particulières
Directed by
Jean Delannoy
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Les amitiés particulières is a 1964 French film about two boys at a Catholic boarding school who form a close friendship. The priests at the school see their bond as sinful and try to stop it.

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What happens

Les amitiés particulières (English: Special Friendships) is a 1964 film adaptation of the Roger Peyrefitte novel of the same name, directed by Jean Delannoy. It was released in 1967 with English subtitles as This Special Friendship. It stars Francis Lacombrade and Didier Haudepin as boys at an upper-class Catholic boarding school, whose chaste but intimate friendship is discouraged as sinful by the priests (played by Louis Seigner, Michel Bouquet, and Lucien Nat). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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