

This Special Friendship
What Was Their Guilt?
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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- Language
- French
- based on novel or book
- male homosexuality
- attraction
- lgbt
- boys' school
- jesuits (society of jesus)
- same sex attraction
- gay theme
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York7 Nov 1967
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical2 Mar 1967
FranceFR
- Theatrical4 Sept 1964
GermanyDE
- Theatrical19 Jun 1970
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This Special Friendship was released on 4 September 1964.
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CinemaSerf
1/12/2024
As love stories go, this has to be one of the more touching I've seen on film. Set amidst the controlling but not oppressive environment of a Jesuit run school, we meet the young "Comte Georges" (Francis Lacombrade) who develops a friendship with the younger "Alexandre (Didier Haudepin). Now it's not in any way a sexual or predatory relationship, but the two instantly click with the younger lad clearly infatuated wit…
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