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The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted

19806.41h 32m

Overview

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

Directed by Claude Zidi
Written by Michel Fabre
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Top Cast

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Baptiste Laval, dit "Bébel"

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

le commissaire

Maria Pacôme

Maria Pacôme

Lucie Jumaucourt

Philippe Taccini

Philippe Taccini

Julien Senquin

Hubert Deschamps

Hubert Deschamps

Léon Jumaucourt

Raymond Bussières

Raymond Bussières

Gaston Pourquier

Étienne Draber

Étienne Draber

le père de Julien

Tonie Marshall

Tonie Marshall

Catherine Jumaucourt

Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

le pion

Françoise Michaud

Françoise Michaud

Caroline Janin

Themes & Keywords

cheatingprivate schoolexamversaillesteacher student relationshippreparatory schoolpregnant teen1980sbad students

About The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted is a comedy film released in 1980 exploring themes of cheating, private school, exam, versailles, teacher student relationship, preparatory school. Directed by Claude Zidi, it stars Daniel Auteuil, Michel Galabru, Maria Pacôme. The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

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