Truant School (1949)
L'École buissonnière
1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from their discoveries and takes them out into nature. The pupils will rediscover the pleasure of learning, and he will rediscover the pleasure of teaching. But some parents and notables don't take kindly to this little revolution.
- Date of release
- 1949-04-08
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Casting
- Bernard Blier — Buffle Pascal, teacher
- Juliette Faber — Lise Arnaud, teacher
- Édouard Delmont — Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father
- Edmond Ardisson — Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser
- Henri Arius — Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes
- Gaston Modot — French examiner
- Jean-Louis Allibert — Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'
- Bréols — Aristide
- Géo Beuf — Honoré
- Georges Cahuzac — Mr. Cornille
- Louis Lions — Félix
- Marcel Maupi — Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist
Interesting facts
Passion for Life is a 1949 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber and Édouard Delmont. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around Saint-Jeannet, Vence and Gattières. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
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