Truant School (1949)

Name: Truant School
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1949-04-08
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber, Édouard Delmont, Edmond Ardisson, Henri Arius

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.

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Released 1949-04-08 · 89 min · Drama, Comedy

Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois

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'
Bréols as Aristide
Géo Beuf as Honoré
Georges Cahuzac as Mr. Cornille
Louis Lions as Félix
Marcel Maupi as Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist
Jenny Hélia as Mrs. Honoré
Jeanne Mars as Adélaïde
Marthe Marty as Mélanie