This story of two young boys who become friends in Nazi-occupied France is worth watching even if you don't have any special knowledge about writer/director Louis Malle or how the semi-autobiographical story fits into his oeuvre. That's why you buy the Criterion Collection edition of the movie in the first place. The critical essays in the accompanying booklet do a great job of putting the film (and the filmmaker's career) in critical perspective, while the interviews with Malle -- and his wife, Candice Bergen -- illuminate the mind behind the camera. The addition of the Charles Chaplin comedy short, the Immigrant, which the boys watch at school is icing on a truly tasty treat.
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