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Truant School

7.0 89 mins Drama   Comedy   1949
UGC Films   Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français  
Director(s): 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.

Casts of Truant School

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

Raymone

as Blind man of the village

Marcel Alba

as Examiner

Lucien Callamand

as Arithmetic examiner

Henri Poupon

as History-Geography examiner

Jean Aquistapace

as Mr. Laverdière, antique dealer

Louisol

as Joiner

Rilda

as Postman

Sicard

as Tordo

Danny Caron

as Cécile Simonin, bar waitress and Albert's sister

Pierre Coste

as Albert Simonin, the great chef

Riri Berty

as Gossip holding a laundry basket (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

as Gendarme (uncredited)

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