Genre: Drama
Runtime: 97 min
Average vote: 5.2
Release date: 1992-04-22
Director: Gérard Poitou-Weber
Writer: Chantal Rémy
Writer: Gérard Poitou-Weber
Music: René Aubry
In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would (at the very least) go to prison, regardless of their age. However, people of conscience were beginning to protest against this situation. The story takes place in a prison for children where conditions are particularly harsh. The warden is a thick-headed martinet who demands complete compliance with the rules, or the children will be brutally dealt with. The assistant warden is a more modern man, and is appalled by the whole institution, but seeks to begin by reforming it. To that end, he has invited a journalist to come and see the conditions that prevail there, in the hopes that she will rouse public opinion against at least this one form of injustice.
Michel Aumont
as
The uncle
André Wilms
as
Mr. Alexis
Bernard Musson
as
Mr. Alexis's f...
Clémentine Amo...
as
Countess of Oz...
Nada Strancar
as
Mrs. Alexis
Bernard Ballet
as
Disciplinarian
Dominique Reym...
as
Jeanne
Daniel Laloux
as
Priest
Loïc Even
as
'Le Penseur'
Robinson Stéve...
as
'Rase-Motte'
Sagamore Stéve...
as
'Tête vide'
Jonathan Zaccaï
as
'Grande Gueule'
Renaud Ménager
as
'La Grenouille'
Thomas Damisch
as
'Petit Jésus'
Quentin Ogier
as
'Le Mondain'
Swann Arlaud
as
Lucien