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Euphemisms are the anesthesia of language. In France, the abbreviation R.T. stands for recueillis temporaires (temporarily taken in), a numbing term for unadoptable children. Me refuses the anesthetic and presents a painful examination of one homeless boy, François (Michel Terrazon). Shifted from institution to foster home, the ten-year-old burns his bridges before he comes to them. He commits petty crimes, plays truant, lies to his many foster parents-all because he is afraid that if they love him he will lose them, as he lost his mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: One Homeless Boy | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

...Terrazon, an untrained actor, moves with the swagger of the truly insecure. Surrounding him are other amateurs, including a grandmother (Marie Marc) who manages to define affection in terms that François finally comprehends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: One Homeless Boy | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

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