This Special Friendship
Sep 04 1964
•2h 36m
•Drama, Romance
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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Francis Lacombrade
Georges de Sarre
Didier Haudepin
Alexandre Motier
François Leccia
Lucien Rouvière
Dominique Maurin
Marc de Blajean
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