Forbidden Games

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Awards

Academy Awards 1953 - Won - Honorary Award

Academy Awards 1955 - Nominated - Best Writing

BAFTA Awards 1954 - Won - Best Film from any Source

Blue Ribbon Awards 1954 - Won - Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Awards 1953 - Won - Honorary Award

Academy Awards 1955 - Nominated - Best Writing

BAFTA Awards 1954 - Won - Best Film from any Source

Blue Ribbon Awards 1954 - Won - Best Foreign Language Film

Bodil Awards 1954 - Won - Best European Picture

Kinema Junpo Awards 1954 - Won - Best Foreign Language Film

NYFCC Awards 1952 - Won - Best Foreign Language Film

Venice Film Festival 1952 - Won - Golden Lion

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Forbidden Games

Director:
Rene Clement
85 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Rene Clement's Forbidden Games tells the story of a young girl orphaned by war and the farm boy she joins in a fantastical world of macabre play. At once mythical and heartbreakingly real, this unique film features astonishing performances by its child stars and was honored with a special foreign language film Academy Award in 1952.

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Details

Runtime:
85 min.

Genres:
Drama
Foreign Language

Country:
FRANCE

Language:
French

Color:
Black & White

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Collection of new and archival interviews with director Rene Clement and actress Brigitte Fossey
  • Alternate opening and ending to the film
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Optional English - dubbed soundtrack
  • New and improved subtitle translation
  • A new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews

 

 

 

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