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This Special Friendship

7.819641h 36mMovieDramaRomance

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

DirectorJean Delannoy
WriterJean Aurenche
ProducerChristine Gouze-Rénal

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Cast · Directed by Jean Delannoy

FLFrancis Lacombrade
Francis Lacombrade
Georges de Sarre
DHDidier Haudepin
Didier Haudepin
Alexandre Motier
FLFrançois Leccia
François Leccia
Lucien Rouvière
DMDominique Maurin
Dominique Maurin
Marc de Blajean
LSLouis Seigner
Louis Seigner
Father Lauzon
MBMichel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet
Father Trennes
LN
Lucien Nat
Father Superior
GCGérard Chambre
Gérard Chambre
André Ferron
HCHenri Coutet
Henri Coutet
The employee of the institution
DDDominique Diamant
Dominique Diamant
Maurice Motier
AM
Alain-Philippe Malagnac
A student
BMBernard Musson
Bernard Musson
Father teaching

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