Truant School (1949)

Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois

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.

Cast

Bernard Blier

Buffle Pascal, teacher

Juliette Faber

Lise Arnaud, teacher

Édouard Delmont

Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father

Edmond Ardisson

Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser

Henri Arius

Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes

Gaston Modot

French examiner

Jean-Louis Allibert

Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'

Bréols

Aristide

Géo Beuf

Honoré

Georges Cahuzac

Mr. Cornille