Forbidden Games

“War ... and how it affects the lives of our children”

Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), a young Parisian girl orphaned in a Nazi air raid, wants somewhere to put her dead dog. She finds it with Michel (Georges Poujouly), an older peasant boy, and the two build a burial ground for the animal. René Clément shows their games unfolding as the war presses in, and the family that has taken Paulette in may not be able to keep her.