二战末期,德国的反犹政策还在坚定不移地推行着。来自马赛的犹太孩子波奈特(拉法艾丽·弗托Raphael Fejtö 饰)因此家破人亡,被送到法国的学校念书。在这里,他一直小心翼翼的保守着他的秘密,但还是因为新生的关系常常遭到同学戏弄。其中就有法国有钱家庭出身的朱利安(加斯帕尔·马奈斯Gaspard Manesse 饰)。 朱利安和波奈特成为了室友,在共同相处的日子里,朱利安发现,这个经常被欺负的男孩有着跟自己志趣相投的一面。两人的关系渐渐融洽,成了童年要好的伙伴。当朱利安从种种迹象猜测出波奈特的犹太人背景时,他没有疏远波奈特,而且还帮忙隐藏这个秘密。也许在孩子的心中,政治世界在真挚的友谊面前显得太过渺小。 然而,大人的魔掌还是侵入了波奈特的人生,保护犹太孩子的神父和波奈特都被出卖了……In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother François travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school.