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Behind the Walls

Behind the Walls

Christian Faure

2008

  • Drama
6.1

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.

Cast & crew

  • Christian FaureDirector
  • Émile BerlingYves Tréguier
  • Carole BouquetFil de fer's Mother
  • Catherine JacobDirector
  • Michel JonaszDirector - Institution of Supervised Education
  • Guillaume GouixBlondeau
  • Julien BouanichFil de fer
  • Anthony DecadiMolina
  • Jonathan ReyesThe Rat

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