 | 3 Films by Louis Malle (Au Revoir Les Enfants / Murmur of the Heart / Lacombe, Lucien) - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $41.49 / Used from: $37.26 Though the other two films in this collection would likely be worthy of this list any way, I'm starting with this becasue of the extradorinary performance by the two leads in Au Revoir les Enfants. Two of the best poerfrmances by pre-teen male actors I'v ever seenand both are in the same picture.
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 | Pan's Labyrinth
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $1.98 This is a stunng visual feast of a film but that great look would be largely waisted if the Ivana Basquero's performance was flat. It was not flat by any means here.
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 | Blame It on Fidel
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $8.99 This is avery interestinf film. It is set in France, largely about Spanish politics and named after a Cuban dictator. The lead actress here is the most sprightly and adorable 9 year-old imaginable and her performance is complex without ever loosing a certain child like quality that is not innocence but more sinceritiy mixed with being confused by the world around her.
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 | Innocent Voices
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $5.96 This a great film about the civil war in El Salvador featuring an udnersized protaganist trying to survive in a dangerous world.
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 | El Bola
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.35 Tragic story about child abuse in Spain.
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 | The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Buy used from: $8.31 Interesting film about a jewish boy in Brazil whos parents go on a hasty "vacation" when their polticial activities put them in danger.
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 | The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $15.00 French New Wave masterpiece.
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 | Machuca
Buy used from: $33.99 great chilean film about class and poltiics centering around a group of children for different sdies of the tracks who become friends.
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 | Central Station
Buy new: $24.96 / Used from: $6.99 Brazlian film about an orphaned boy trying to find his father.
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 | The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.82 This film is remiscent of Pan's Labrytnh for many reasons incuding the strong performance by a child lead.
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 | Ivan's Childhood - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $16.61 Haunting filmatic vision about a boys sad fate as a result of World War 2.
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 | Children of Heaven
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.97 This is a wondeful example of the Iranian New Wave and two great performances bythe two youngest performers on this list.
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