Behind the Walls

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Release date: April 30, 2008
Duration: 91 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Émile Berling
Yves Tréguier
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Carole Bouquet
Fil de fer's Mother
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Catherine Jacob
Director
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Michel Jonasz
Director - Institution of Supervised Education
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Guillaume Gouix
Blondeau