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  • The stilt jousting match between "Negus" LaFarge and Lavrion at recess.
  • Julien outrunning the other team and finding the treasure during the flag football/treasure hunt game, although Mood Whiplash kicks in once he realizes that he got lost in the process.
  • Pere Jean's sermon denouncing those who are selfish and greedy during the occupation.
  • The restaurant scene where two thuggish French militia collaborators try to expel a Jewish patron. The headwaiter refuses to, saying that the man has been a customer for twenty years. When the militiamen threaten to revoke his permits, Julien's brother calls them collaborators. They angrily turn their attention to him and many (although not all) of the other customers voice support for the boy and the Jewish customer. This culminates in a German soldier (a young man with an Iron Cross hanging around his neck) surprising everyone by ordering the militiamen out of the restaurant.
  • Moreau tries to protect Negus and get him to safety rather than merely saving himself as the Gestapo raid the school.
  • Julien lies to two Gestapo Mooks in an effort to keep them from finding Negus and then warns Moreau to flee before the nurse can sell him out. Two other students in the infirmary also remain silent and don't betray the fugitives' hiding place.
  • Pere Jean hiding the three Jewish students in the first place, despite the risks involved, which end up being realized in the worst possible way when he's caught.

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