Truant School
Directed by Jean-Paul Le ChanoisSoon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He uses modern methods: he becomes their guide. The boys build a water-powered electric generator, interview their parents about shoe-making and cooking, draw, write poetry, and, after Pascal brings a box of type, put their own magazine together, printed on the backs of old ballots. Their new interest in critical thinking stirs opposition from the mayor and others. The teacher offers a deal: if even one student fails the national exam, he'll resign. All eyes are on Albert, an older youth who has failed three times.
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Truant School was released on April 8, 1949.
Truant School was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois.
Truant School has a runtime of 89m.
Truant School was produced by Pierre Lévy-Corti, Pierre Laurent.
Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He uses modern methods: he becomes their guide. The boys build a water-powered electric generator, interview their parents about shoe-making and cooking, draw, write poetry, and, after Pascal brings a box of type, put their own magazine together, printed on the backs of old ballots. Their new interest in critical thinking stirs opposition from the mayor and others. The teacher offers a deal: if even one student fails the national exam, he'll resign. All eyes are on Albert, an older youth who has failed three times.
The key characters in Truant School are Buffle Pascal, teacher (Bernard Blier), Lise Arnaud, teacher (Juliette Faber), Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father (Édouard Delmont).
Truant School is a Drama, Comedy film.
Truant School has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
Truant School had a budget of $9M.