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Au Revoir Les Enfants and La Lengua de la Mariposa The films Goodbye, Children and The Butterfly’s Tongue both revolve around the relationships between friends
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Au Revoir Les Enfants and La Lengua de la Mariposa The films Goodbye, Children and The Butterfly's Tongue both revolve around the relationships between friends and between student and teacher. Both films skillfully showed how each relationship developed and blossomed and how each abruptly and sadly ended with betrayal. However, the gravity and the context of the betrayal differ in both films. In Julien's case, his betrayal was unintentional. Perhaps his glance was more out of curiosity and concern for his friend, Jean, not knowing how a split-second glance can eventually lead to his friend's death. However, for me, Moncho was more accountable in his betrayal. Though he probably didn't fully understand the political situation yet, the fact that he hurled not just accusations, but also stones towards his teacher and friend, shows that it was indeed intentional even if it wasn't really how he felt. Even at his age,...
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