The Children
1985 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 203 VOTES · DIR. Marguerite Duras
Overview
Ernesto, a seven-year-old boy who has the body of a thirty-year-old man, decides, upon attending his first day of school, that he no longer wishes to attend, because he does not wish to be taught matters that he does not know.
Dialogue Timeline — 891 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:40 THE CHILDREN A film by Marguerite Duras
00:04:22 - You do? - Yes.
00:07:44 You don't understand.
00:11:00 Everything was in place.
00:13:44 The teacher still has to go.
00:16:42 Sir, why exactly have you come to see me?
00:19:29 Did your son, Ernesto, say why he doesn't want to go back to school?
00:22:18 Where do you come from exactly?
00:25:34 You learn when you want to learn!
00:28:32 Goodbye, Mr. Ernesto.
00:32:22 Then I saw the principal in the courtyard.
00:36:31 A new bicycle?
00:40:40 Yes, that's true.
00:44:12 Like you, I'm not sure.
00:47:20 I got a book, and then I read it.
00:51:26 You'll go to America one day... I know it.
00:56:09 I think about myself, but not in the day to day.
00:59:55 Your brother's crisis, couldn't it be...
01:02:40 but he never punished Paul... Never, never, ever.
01:06:37 - Don't you still have them? - No, not anymore.
01:09:29 I said...
01:12:33 My goodness! He's only seven?
01:15:58 Isn't that the safeguard of mankind?
01:22:58 Subtitles by Gianni777 & arlnsgrb
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed891
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line01:22:58
Production Record
DirectorMarguerite Duras
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes203