Behind the Walls (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Behind the Walls
| image = Les Hauts Murs poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Christian Faure
| producer = Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Jean Nainchrik
Patrice Onfray
| writer = Albert Algoud
Christian Faure
| based_on = {{based on|Hauts murs|Auguste Le Breton}}
| starring = Carole Bouquet
François Damiens
Emile Berling
Pascal N'Zonzi
Catherine Jacob
Michel Jonasz
Bernard Blancan
| cinematography = Jean-Claude Larrieu
| music = Charles Court
| country = France
| language = French
| runtime = 92 minutes
| studio = EuropaCorp
Septembre Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Canal+
CinéCinéma
Sofica Europacorp
| distributor = EuropaCorp Distribution
| released = {{Film date|2008|04|30|df=y}}
| budget = $3.1 million{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=10018|title = Les Hauts murs (2008) - JPBox-Office}}
| gross = $475.000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fLESHAUTSMURS01&country=FR&wk=2008W18&id=_fLESHAUTSMURS01&p=.htm|title=Behind the Walls}}
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Behind the Walls (original title: Les Hauts Murs) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Christian Faure and based on an autobiographical work, Les Hauts Murs ('The High Walls'), by Auguste Le Breton.
Plot
The title refers to an approved school to which Yves Tréguier is consigned in the 1930s, he being a 14-year-old ward of the nation. There he finds friendship and learns the nature of rebellion and violence. He hopes to make his way one day to New York City in the United States.
Cast
- Carole Bouquet as The wire's mother
- François Damiens as The chief officer
- {{Interlanguage link|Émile Berling|lt=Émile Berling|fr|Émile Berling}} as Yves Tréguier
- Pascal N'Zonzi as Oudie
- Catherine Jacob as The director
- Michel Jonasz as The supervisor
- Bernard Blancan as Yves's stepfather
- Guillaume Gouix as Blondeau
- Anthony Decadi as Molina
- Finnegan Oldfield as The beggar
- {{Interlanguage link|Julien Bouanich|lt=Julien Bouanich|fr|Julien Bouanich}} as The wire
- {{Interlanguage link|Jonathan Reyes (actor)|lt=Jonathan Reyes|fr|Jonathan Reyes}} as The rat
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0922455}}
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Category:Films based on works by Auguste Le Breton
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:2000s French-language films
Category:French-language drama films
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