At the end of WWI, Pascal Laurent, a young teacher, is sent to replace a retiring teacher in a small village of Provence. Pascal is keen on replacing the old authoritarian method of education with a new pedagogy. The children are soon won over, but Pascal’s unorthodox methods meet with the resistance from both his superiors and his students’ parents.
Credits: Producer, Pierre Corti, Pierre Laurent ; director, Jean-Paul Le Chanois ; writer, Jean-Paul Le Chanois ; photography, Marc Fossard, Maurice Pecqueux, Andre Dumaitre ; music, Joseph Kosma.
Cast: Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber, Edouard Delmont, Marcel Maupi, Edmond Ardisson, Henri Poupon, Gaston Modot, Lucien Callamand.
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ACMI Identifier
X000143
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)