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Behind the Walls (2008)

Behind the Walls (2008)

Drama
Release Date: 2008, April 30
Directors: Christian Faure
Countries: France
Production: Septembre Productions, CinéCinéma
Cast: Carole Bouquet, Finnegan Oldfield, André Penvern, Bernard Blancan, Guillaume Gouix, Gérard Chaillou, Anthony Decadi, Pascal N'Zonzi, François Damiens, Émile Berling, Joël Pyrene, Catherine Jacob

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.

Keywords:

1930s orphan france based on memoir or autobiography approved school