Behind the Walls (2008)

04/30/2008 (FR) • 1h 31m

Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Émile Berling

Yves Tréguier

Carole Bouquet

Fil de fer's Mother

Michel Jonasz

Director - Institution of Supervised Education

Julien Bouanich

Fil de fer

Finnegan Oldfield

The Stutterer


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

france

approved school

orphan

based on memoir or autobiography

1930s

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