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Behind the Walls

6.3 91 mins Drama   2008
Septembre Productions   CinĂ©CinĂ©ma  
Director(s): Christian Faure

Release Date: 30 Wed, Apr 2008

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.

Casts of Behind the Walls

Émile Berling

as Yves Tréguier

Carole Bouquet

as Fil de fer's Mother

Catherine Jacob

as Director

Michel Jonasz

as Director - Institution of Supervised Education

Guillaume Gouix

as Blondeau

Julien Bouanich

as Fil de fer

Anthony Decadi

as Molina

Jonathan Reyes

as The Rat

Finnegan Oldfield

as The Stutterer

Simon Perret

as Frigo

François Damiens

as The Chief Supervisor

Pascal N'Zonzi

as Oudie

Bernard Blancan

as Yves' Stepfather

Antoine Chaleyssin

as The Clever

Oscar Baudot

as Steel Arms

Aurélien Godreau

as The Redhead

Joël Pyrene

as Boutard

André Penvern

as Mr Luve

Gérard Chaillou

as Father Roux

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