Film

Truant School

1949 · 1h 29m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

7.2

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.

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

Jenny Hélia

Mrs. Honoré

Jeanne Mars

Adélaïde

Marthe Marty

Mélanie

Raymone

Blind man of the village

• Jean-Paul Le ChanoisWriter · Director
• Pierre Lévy-CortiExecutive Producer
• André DumaîtreDirector of Photography
• Marc FossardDirector of Photography
• Maurice PecqueuxDirector of Photography
• Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
• Emma Le ChanoisEditor

Release date

April 8, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, Comedy