 Otherwise, he plays well the part of boy grateful to be safe in the countryside, building a warm relationship with Pépé (played by veteran character actor Michel Simon) and Mémé (Luce Fabiole), his simple and likeable surrogate grandparents.They form a strong and mutually affectionate bond.There is a fly in the ointment; Claude’s willing protectors share in the prejudices common to their time and place, anti-Semitism included.