The Terrible Children

105 mins

in French with English subtitles

France | 1949 | b&w | dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, with Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima

Essence and myth lie in the heart of this story of a brother and young sister who retreat into their imaginery world of games and illusions never to be caught by reality. Melville has managed to maintain the poisonous and timeless charm of Cocteau’s novel.