This Special Friendship(Les Amitiés particulières)
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France · 1964
1h 40m
Director Jean Delannoy
Starring Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin
Genre Drama, Romance
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A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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