L’école buissonnière (1949)

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Country: France
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1949-04-08
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Writers: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Language: French
Stars: Bernard Blier , Juliette Faber , Édouard Delmont , Edmond Ardisson , Edmond Ardisson , Henri Arius , Henri Arius , Bréols , Géo Beuf , Georges Cahuzac , Jean-Louis Allibert , Jean-Louis Allibert , Louis Lions
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Passion for Life , Truant School , L'école buissonnière (France, French Republic) , Despertar a la vida (Mexico) , みどりの学園 (Japan) , Passion for Life (United States of America) , Die Prüfung , Iskolakerülők (Hungary) , Wagary (Poland) , Får vi lov, magistern? (Sweden) , L'école buissonnière , Wenn man die Schule schwänzt , Το σκασιαρχείο (Greece) , Школа бездельников , I Have a New Master
Plot: Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He uses modern methods: he becomes their guide. The boys build a water-powered electric generator, interview their parents about shoe-making and cooking, draw, write poetry, and, after Pascal brings a box of type, put their own magazine together, printed on the backs of old ballots. Their new interest in critical thinking stirs opposition from the mayor and others. The teacher offers a deal: if even one student fails the national exam, he'll resign. All eyes are on Albert, an older youth who has failed three times.
IMDB:tt0040989