This Special Friendship (1964)
"Les amitiés particulières" (original title)

THIS SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP tells 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... See full summary »

Director:

Jean Delannoy

Writers:

Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost (dialogue),

Stars:

Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Francis Lacombrade	...	Georges de Sarre
Didier Haudepin	...	Alexandre Motier
François Leccia	...	Lucien Rouvière
Dominique Maurin	...	Marc de Blajean
Louis Seigner	...	Le père Lauzon / Father Lauzon
Michel Bouquet	...	Le père de Trennes / Father Trennes
Lucien Nat	...	Le père supérieur / Father Superior

Storyline

THIS SPECIAL FRIENDSHIP tells 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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Plot Keywords:

boarding school | blood pact | priest | pedophilia | gay interest | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

4 September 1964 (France)

Also Known As:

This Special Friendship

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Progéfi

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Lucien looks at his watch we can see that the time is 6:15 but he reads it as 10:35.

User Reviews

True friendship do exist !

At first I did not think that the movie will be interesting. But I soon changed my opinion. The fact that the movie is in black and white makes it even more appealing than if it was in colour. The action takes place in a boarding school located in France. Actually the scenes from the dinning room reminded me of the movies for Harry Potter.

The main characters are Georges de Sarre – 16 years old student and the young Alexandre (age 12) who is a student at the same school. Their friendship is really beautiful – and heart touching. It sure brought some old memories too. There is a lot of poetry in this movie – it seems that I am getting hocked to poetry- again! Few years ago there was a girl who was sending me sonnets of Shakespeare. I even tried to write some poems myself. I still haven't finished watching the movie – it turned out to be on two CDs and I only got one of them, but will get the second one soon- then I will complete this review.

I have finished watching the movie and its ending made me sad – sad and disgust. Disgust that there are such people who refuse to accept that a true, special friendship can exist and interfere – to hurt everyone, but their pity selves. And do I know of such people – because they are not only shown in the movies you know – they lurk amongst us – trying to make the rest believe and thing what they do – such people really disgust me….

Les amitiés particulières is based on 1943 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte.