Movie

Truant School

★ 7.5/10 · 14 votes 1949 1h 29m Released

DramaComedy

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.

Cast

Bernard Blier Buffle Pascal, teacher Juliette Faber Lise Arnaud, teacher Édouard Delmont Mr. Arnaud, old teacher an Edmond Ardisson Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser Henri Arius Hector Malicorne, le Maire Gaston Modot French examiner