Au revoir les enfants
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Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 French film by Louis Malle that poignantly depicts the friendship between two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France and the tragic consequences of antisemitic persecution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Au revoir les enfants canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10944821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Au revoir les enfants Context triple: [Louis Malle, notableWork, Au revoir les enfants]
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A.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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B.
Les Enfants terribles
Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.
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C.
Tadzio
Tadzio is a beautiful Polish boy who becomes the obsessive muse of the aging writer Gustav von Aschenbach in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice."
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D.
El Taita
El Taita is the nickname of José Antonio Páez, a key Venezuelan independence leader and three-time president known for his military prowess and political influence in the 19th century.
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E.
Amélie
Amélie is a whimsical 2001 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, known for its imaginative visual style and the charming performance of Audrey Tautou as a shy Parisian waitress who secretly improves the lives of those around her.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Au revoir les enfants Target entity description: Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 French film by Louis Malle that poignantly depicts the friendship between two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France and the tragic consequences of antisemitic persecution.
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A.
La Fille mal gardée
La Fille mal gardée is a lighthearted, pastoral comic ballet—one of the oldest still regularly performed—celebrated for its charming love story, folk-inspired dances, and enduring place in the classical ballet repertoire.
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B.
Les Enfants terribles
Les Enfants terribles is a 1929 novel by French writer Jean Cocteau that portrays the intense, destructive relationship between a brother and sister isolated in their own fantastical world.
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C.
Tadzio
Tadzio is a beautiful Polish boy who becomes the obsessive muse of the aging writer Gustav von Aschenbach in Thomas Mann’s novella "Death in Venice."
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D.
El Taita
El Taita is the nickname of José Antonio Páez, a key Venezuelan independence leader and three-time president known for his military prowess and political influence in the 19th century.
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E.
Amélie
Amélie is a whimsical 2001 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, known for its imaginative visual style and the charming performance of Audrey Tautou as a shy Parisian waitress who secretly improves the lives of those around her.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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coming-of-age film ⓘ film ⓘ war drama film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
César Award for Best Director
NERFINISHED
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César Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Louis Malle's childhood experiences ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Renato Berta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Catholic boarding school
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Holocaust in France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Louis Malle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Orion Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Emmanuelle Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jean Bonnet
NERFINISHED
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Julien Quentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Père Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Fontenay-sous-Bois
NERFINISHED
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Seine-Saint-Denis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
François Négret
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaspard Manesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Morier-Genoud NERFINISHED ⓘ Raphaël Fejtö NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Catholic education
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antisemitism ⓘ betrayal ⓘ childhood ⓘ friendship ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ war ⓘ |
| musicBy | Franz Schubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| portrays |
Gestapo raid on school
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Jewish children hiding from Nazis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Nouvelles Éditions de Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateFrance | 1987-09-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Louis Malle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Nazi-occupied France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Au revoir les enfants Description of subject: Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 French film by Louis Malle that poignantly depicts the friendship between two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France and the tragic consequences of antisemitic persecution.
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