Forbidden Games - Essential Art House - Region 1 DVD

After her parents are massacred in front of her eyes during a German air strike, five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) seeks shelter with a peasant farm family and develops a close connection with the son, Michel (Georges Poujouly). The two become deeply affected by the death surrounding them and retreat into a grave world of lost innocence. Sensitively directed by René Clément, this Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film remains an unforgettable treasure of fifties French cinema.