Behind the Walls (2008)
Les hauts murs
A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world through the bars of "educational homes" where he is raised in conditions worthy of a penal colony, and dreams of a dramatic escape across the ocean to New York.
- Date of release
- 2008-04-30
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Christian Faure
Casting
- Émile Berling — Yves Tréguier
- Carole Bouquet — Fil de fer's Mother
- Catherine Jacob — Director
- Michel Jonasz — Director - Institution of Supervised Education
- Guillaume Gouix — Blondeau
- Julien Bouanich — Fil de fer
- Anthony Decadi — Molina
- Jonathan Reyes — The Rat
- Finnegan Oldfield — The Stutterer
- Simon Perret — Frigo
- François Damiens — The Chief Supervisor
- Pascal N'Zonzi — Oudie
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Royal abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Behind the Walls is a 2008 French drama film directed by Christian Faure and based on an autobiographical work, Les Hauts Murs, by Auguste Le Breton.
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