Behind the Walls
Les hauts murs
Release: 2008-04-30
·Runtime: 91m
·★ 6.3
Drama
A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world through the bars of "educational homes" where he is raised in conditions worthy of a penal colony, and dreams of a dramatic escape across the ocean to New York.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Septembre Productions
CinéCinéma
Cast
Bernard Blancan
as Yves' Stepfather
Guillaume Gouix
as Blondeau
Julien Bouanich
as Fil de fer
Gérard Chaillou
as Father Roux
Anthony Decadi
as Molina
Pascal N'Zonzi
as Oudie
Émile Berling
as Yves Tréguier
Carole Bouquet
as Fil de fer's Mother
Michel Jonasz
as Director - Institution of Supervised Education
Finnegan Oldfield
as The Stutterer
Joël Pyrene
as Boutard
Catherine Jacob
as Director
François Damiens
as The Chief Supervisor
André Penvern
as Mr Luve
