Truant School

7.0
  • Genre: DramaComedy
  • Run time: 89 min
  • Premiere: 1949. April 8.

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.

Discover

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

Louis Lions

Félix

Marcel Maupi

Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist

Jenny Hélia

Mrs. Honoré

Jeanne Mars

Adélaïde

Marthe Marty

Mélanie

Raymone

Blind man of the village

Marcel Alba

Examiner

Lucien Callamand

Arithmetic examiner

Henri Poupon

History-Geography examiner

Jean Aquistapace

Mr. Laverdière, antique dealer

Louisol

Joiner

Rilda

Postman

Sicard

Tordo

Danny Caron

Cécile Simonin, bar waitress and Albert's sister

Pierre Coste

Albert Simonin, the great chef

Riri Berty

Gossip holding a laundry basket (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Gendarme (uncredited)

Art

Bianchini

Decorator

Claude Bouxin

Decorator

Camera

Maurice Pecqueux

Director of Photography

Marc Fossard

Director of Photography

André Dumaître

Director of Photography

Jean Lallier

Camera Operator

Léo Mirkine

Still Photographer

Jacques Natteau

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Louis Bonnemaison

Makeup Artist

Crew

Robert Mezé

Special Effects

Directing

Lou Bonin

Assistant Director

Louis Pascal

Assistant Director

Editing

Françoise Diot

Assistant Editor

Production

Pierre Lévy-Corti

Executive Producer

Pierre Laurent

Production Manager

Sound

Joseph Kosma

Original Music Composer

René Sarazin

Sound Mixer