‘Forbidden Games’: A War Orphan’s Sweet, Ultimately Shattering Story
René Clément’s “Forbidden Games” (1952) uses a 5-year-old’s wartime ordeal as the basis for a remarkably unsentimental allegory of childhood innocence and adult ignorance. Straightforwardly simple but psychologically complex, the movie is sweet, sardonic, and ultimately shattering. Widely (if not universally) hailed on its release and periodically rediscovered as the most troubling French film made … Read more