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Truant School (1949)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In Theaters:12/20/1949
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Runtime:89 minutes
Studio:UGC Films, Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Cast
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Director
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
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