The Great Meaulnes (2006)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 37M
Director : Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Writer : Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, Jean Cosmos
Synopsis
A coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys experience love, loss, anguish and betrayal in a rural setting of great beauty.
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