The Boy Soldier

1981 [FRENCH]

Drama / War

3
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 481 481

Plot summary

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.

Director

Yves Boisset Photo
Yves Boisset

Top cast

Thelonious Bernard Photo
Thelonious Bernard
Jean-Marc Thibault Photo
Jean-Marc Thibault as Pradier
Jean Carmet Photo
Jean Carmet as L'adjudant Chalumot
Henri Poirier Photo
Henri Poirier as Le député
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1.07 GB
1280*766
French 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 59 min
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1.99 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   hr   cz   dk   nl   fi   fr   gr   hu   it   no   pt   ro   ru   es   sv  
24 fps
1 hr 59 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ranganmajumder 7 / 10

Great

The film brought tears to my eyes.I watched the restored version of the film provided by studio canal. I didn't know about it, but also I am aware of this genre which in a way defines European movies at a certain point in history. Coming of age always attracts me. Some years back, I watched the Polish film "Shivers", from the same year this film was released. And the treatment was kinda same, and great. We really need such movies in India, a country worst affected by blind nationalism. Thank you France!
Reviewed by searchanddestroy-1

Exceptional

If you loved R. A. S, from the same director Yves Boisset, you'll also love this one, made eight years later, and proposing the same kind of "talk" against Army, the same DNA as in R. A. S. Yves Boisset's trademark, concerning pacifism, where Lucas Belvaux replaces here Jacques Weber - R. A. S - love it or skip it. I definitely love it. Lucas Belvaux is extraordinary, though I have never liked his way of speaking, even later in his filmography, he talks as if he reads a poem. Cast over the top, very well chosen by Boisset, for whom this film is his all time favorite. Unfairly underrated, this is a tremendous French film, which only Yves Boisset could direct in those early eighties days. Even now, it would be very daring.
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