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Behind the Walls

Behind the Walls

Les hauts murs
6.1 (14) ·2008 ·91 min ·Movie
Drama

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.

Top Cast

Émile Berling
Émile Berling
Yves Tréguier
Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet
Fil de fer's Mother
Catherine Jacob
Catherine Jacob
Director
Michel Jonasz
Michel Jonasz
Director - Institution of Supervised Education
Guillaume Gouix
Guillaume Gouix
Blondeau
Julien Bouanich
Julien Bouanich
Fil de fer
Anthony Decadi
Anthony Decadi
Molina
Jonathan Reyes
The Rat
Finnegan Oldfield
Finnegan Oldfield
The Stutterer
Simon Perret
Frigo

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