Passion for Life

Passion for Life

L'école buissonnière
🎞️ Movie 89 min FR
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1949

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.

Cast

Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier
Buffle Pascal, l'instituteur
Juliette Faber
Juliette Faber
Lise Arnaud, l'institutrice
Édouard Delmont
Édouard Delmont
M. Arnaud, le vieux maître
Edmond Ardisson
Edmond Ardisson
Le coiffeur Pourpre
Edmond Ardisson
Edmond Ardisson
The Barber
Henri Arius
Henri Arius
Le maire Hector Malicorne
Henri Arius
Henri Arius
The Mayor
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Bréols
Aristide
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Géo Beuf
Honoré
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Georges Cahuzac
Cornille
Jean-Louis Allibert
Jean-Louis Allibert
M. St. Saviole, Le 'novateur'
Jean-Louis Allibert
Jean-Louis Allibert
'The innovator'
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Louis Lions
Félix
Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma
Composer
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André Dumaître
Cinematographer
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Marc Fossard
Cinematographer
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Maurice Pecqueux
Cinematographer