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Feature film — 2017

School of Life (2017)

7.41h 56mDrama — Comedy — Family

Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the city child, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and disturbing world, that of a sovereign and wild region. The huge forest, misty ponds, heaths, and fields all belong to the Count de la Fresnaye, an elderly taciturn man who lives alone in his manor.

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A high-signal pick with 316 votes.

StudioCanal / Radar Films / France 2 Cinéma

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Director: Nicolas Vanier

On screen

Cast & crew

François Cluzet as Totoche

François Cluzet

Totoche

Jean Scandel as Paul Caradec

Jean Scandel

Paul Caradec

Éric Elmosnino as Borel

Éric Elmosnino

Borel

François Berléand as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye

François Berléand

Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye

Valérie Karsenti as Célestine

Valérie Karsenti

Célestine

Thomas Durand as Bertrand

Thomas Durand

Bertrand

Ilona Cabrera as Bella

Ilona Cabrera

Bella

Frédéric Saurel as Dédé

Frédéric Saurel

Dédé

Urbain Cancelier as Lucien

Urbain Cancelier

Lucien

Murielle Huet des Aunay as Montaine

Murielle Huet des Aunay

Montaine

Thierry Robard as Armand

Thierry Robard

Armand

Carolina Jurczak as Florence

Carolina Jurczak

Florence