School of Life

2017 1h 56m FR

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7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 315

DramaComedyFamily

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

François Cluzet
Totoche
Jean Scandel
Paul Caradec
Éric Elmosnino
Borel
François Berléand
Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
Valérie Karsenti
Célestine
Thomas Durand
Bertrand
Ilona Cabrera
Bella
Frédéric Saurel
Dédé

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicolas Vanier
Writers: Jérôme Tonnerre, Nicolas Vanier
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicolas Vanier, shot by Laurent Charbonnier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Armand Amar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Raphaële Urtin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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François Cluzet and Jean Scandel and Éric Elmosnino carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6330246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nicolas Vanier directs. Laurent Charbonnier behind the camera. Armand Amar scores. Raphaële Urtin cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Nicolas Vanier, shot by Laurent Charbonnier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Armand Amar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Raphaële Urtin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5François Cluzet and Jean Scandel and Éric Elmosnino carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt6330246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.