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School of Life

School of Life

20177.31h 56m

Overview

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.

Directed by Nicolas Vanier
Written by Nicolas Vanier, Jérôme Tonnerre
Produced by Matthieu Warter, Clément Miserez
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Top Cast

François Cluzet

François Cluzet

Totoche

Jean Scandel

Jean Scandel

Paul Caradec

Éric Elmosnino

Éric Elmosnino

Borel

François Berléand

François Berléand

Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye

Valérie Karsenti

Valérie Karsenti

Célestine

Thomas Durand

Thomas Durand

Bertrand

Ilona Cabrera

Ilona Cabrera

Bella

Frédéric Saurel

Frédéric Saurel

Dédé

Urbain Cancelier

Urbain Cancelier

Lucien

Murielle Huet des Aunay

Murielle Huet des Aunay

Montaine

About School of Life

School of Life is a drama, comedy, family film released in 2017. Directed by Nicolas Vanier, it stars François Cluzet, Jean Scandel, Éric Elmosnino. 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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