Behind the Walls (2008)
04/30/2008 (FR) • 1h 31m
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
Yves Tréguier
Fil de fer's Mother
Director
Director - Institution of Supervised Education
Blondeau
Fil de fer
Molina
The Rat
The Stutterer
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