Behind the Walls

April. 30,2008      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world through the bars of "educational homes" where he is raised in conditions worthy of a penal colony, and dreams of a dramatic escape across the ocean to New York.

Émile Berling as  Yves Tréguier
Carole Bouquet as  Fil de fer's Mother
Catherine Jacob as  Director
Michel Jonasz as  Director - Institution of Supervised Education
Guillaume Gouix as  Blondeau
Julien Bouanich as  Fil de fer
Anthony Decadi as  Molina
Finnegan Oldfield as  The Stutterer
François Damiens as  The Chief Supervisor
Pascal N'Zonzi as  Oudie

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