L'École buissonnière · 1949

Truant School

Jean-Paul Le Chanois · 89 min · France

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.

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Production companies

UGC Films, Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français

Cast

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  Bernard Blier

  Buffle Pascal, teacher

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  Juliette Faber

  Lise Arnaud, teacher

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  Édouard Delmont

  Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father

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  Edmond Ardisson

  Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser

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  Henri Arius

  Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes

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  Gaston Modot

  French examiner

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  Jean-Louis Allibert

  Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'

• Bréols

  Aristide