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
Émile Berling
as Yves Tréguier
François Damiens
as The Chief Supervisor
Bernard Blancan
as Yves' Stepfather
Joël Pyrene
as Boutard
Gérard Chaillou
as Father Roux
Carole Bouquet
as Fil de fer's Mother
Anthony Decadi
as Molina
Pascal N'Zonzi
as Oudie
Catherine Jacob
as Director
Guillaume Gouix
as Blondeau
Finnegan Oldfield
as The Stutterer
André Penvern
as Mr Luve
Michel Jonasz
as Director - Institution of Supervised Education
Julien Bouanich
as Fil de fer
