红发1-925

　　Summ+:ar[ ;y　　Bulli$ed by his )matriarch$a//:l mot?$her, abused by his sib.lin_g,@#s, i,@`,gnored=`( by his father, Poil @ de Carotte&# 39s ].[chi/ldho_od is as miserable as it could be. An illegitimate/
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d, he@ is t :he main reason for t(h;%e en;mity`/^\ which : exis? ts between.
* his parents:,:\ w`h`o cont= (inue to l!?ive)] together just to k. eep up  ^appearances. In t
he end, P+(oil de Car]otte:&\#39s [suffering bec]ome%`$s more t[h$%an .=h@ e ca%=n# `_?b /)e?ar.]!..　 .　Re`
view　=:^　Drawing)/_ heavily o$`\n the poignant n]ovel) by!* Jules Renard %)on whi \c !h it [ $is :=_based;[, P*oil de carotte is(= a modest) yet appealing fil%#*m w hich h%;_as stood th=)*e t-est of tim-\e )!mainly because?? of t
he ++qual
]+= ity of its ($a,#cting perfor@/manc%es _?and its inherent hum,#anity. \:It i+*`s mo+]\
re memo  rable ##than J#,ulien^ Duvivier-?&#!39s ea\], rlier si;lent version of 1
]\925, als%+o n [?amed P_oil d:`e Car#:otte.　　T[.he part `of Poil [?de-(] Carott e was played [:@( by 11 year old Robert Lynen, who+ wa+s alleged to have been discovere=/d\$ whilst walking down the%- Champs-Elys@ ées in /Paris. Lynen]: is totall:[y  captiva_ting a*-nd the film ma`(+$de hi m an insta:-nt sta`!r, launch% i(\ng what _loo*-?ked like becoming a)# very-# p*;romising ? film career – until h e ?wa$s (-^shot $dead whils_t fi:ghti`-ng #against
the Germa(ns #]in 1944. Harry Ba$ur, a legendary stage and film =actor (w$ho also _,[died d*uring Wo\%rld War II, alle:gedly at _ t[he/_ hands :of the Gesta:]po), also tu)rns in a typi!,cally fine /performance. The recon/\ciliation b ;-etwe:*;e] n fa#_$the_= r and son at t=@.h%%+e end _
\)of the f+^.ilm p=;rovide@!=s its mo?st en)during im/!age, enough t`.o melt th`)e heart \;of all b(:u:-t the !(?most] st)oical of spect at^`ors.