EN. 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.
The movie is based on Roger Peyrefitte's book. Peyrefitte studied in religious schools during his childhood, lived older/younger male to male love with a fan of his book, and outed many homosexual celebrities of his time, including his friend Henry de Montherlant, whose book (later a movie) La Ville Dont le Prince Est un Enfant has some coincidences with Les Amities Particulières.
FR. L'amitié particulière entre Georges, jeune aristocrate ambitieux, et Alexandre, bel étudiant en cinquième année, dans un Collège de Pères.
Director: Jean Delannoy.
Cast: Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin, Louis Seigner, Michel Bouquet, Lucien Nat.
France, 1964.
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