Truant School

1h 29m

7.4

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

Buffle Pascal, teacher

Lise Arnaud, teacher

Édouard Delmont

Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father

Edmond Ardisson

Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser

Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes

French examiner

Jean-Louis Allibert

Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'

Georges Cahuzac

Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist

Blind man of the village

Lucien Callamand

Arithmetic examiner

History-Geography examiner

Jean Aquistapace

Mr. Laverdière, antique dealer

Cécile Simonin, bar waitress and Albert's sister

Albert Simonin, the great chef

Gossip holding a laundry basket (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Gendarme (uncredited)