Truant School
L'École buissonnière
Release: 1949-04-08
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 7.0
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
UGC Films
Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Cast
Bernard Blier
as Buffle Pascal, teacher
Juliette Faber
as Lise Arnaud, teacher
Édouard Delmont
as Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father
Edmond Ardisson
as Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser
Henri Arius
as Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes
Gaston Modot
as French examiner
Jean-Louis Allibert
as Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'
Marcel Maupi
as Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist
Jenny Hélia
as Mrs. Honoré
Lucien Callamand
as Arithmetic examiner
Henri Poupon
as History-Geography examiner
Jean Aquistapace
as Mr. Laverdière, antique dealer
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
as Gendarme (uncredited)
