Naked Childhood

Naked Childhood French LEnfance nue is a 1968 French film. It was the featurelength debut of director Maurice Pialat, and was written by Pialat and Arlette Langmann. Franois Truffaut was one of the films producers.

Produced in 1968, this film was not intended by the director to be a social film. Although taking place in the year 1968 with student riots overtaking the streets of Paris, Pialats film does not delve into the politics of that matter. Giving only a short indication of the demonstrations going on in Paris, Pialat intends instead to give a glimpse into the working class French lives. Pialat, a selfproclaimed conservative, does explore the life of a foster child in detail extending beyond the context of the main character and plot. However, the treatment of social aspects in this film does not take sides but lays the foundation for the intricacies of the issues of the working class and, more thoroughly, the problems of the foster care system in 1960s France for the audience to interpret.

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