Le chemin des écoliers (1959)

Director:

Michel Boisrond

Writers:

Marcel Aymé (novel), Jean Aurenche (adaptation),

Stars:

Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Françoise Arnoul	...	Yvette Grandmaison
Bourvil	...	Charles Michaud
Lino Ventura	...	Tiercelin
Alain Delon	...	Antoine Michaud
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Paul Tiercelin
Pierre Mondy	...	Lulu
Paulette Dubost	...	Hélène Michaud
Micheline Luccioni	...	Solange
Christian Lude	...	Lollivier
Jean Brochard	...	M. Coutelier
Gaby Basset	...	Lucette
Claude Castaing	...	Dominique
Martine Havet	...	Pierrette Michaud
Sylviane Rozenberg	...	(as Sylviane Rozemberg)
Madeleine Lebeau	...	Flora

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

black market | world war two | soldier | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

23 September 1959 (France)

Also Known As:

Way of Youth

Filming Locations:

Studios de Boulogne, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

S.P.C.E., Franco London Films, Mondex Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

The long way round.

That's what the title means.Like Autant-Lara's"la traversée de Paris",it's a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation:black market,war profiteers cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.The conclusion is moral though.

Michel Boisrond is a third-rate director and his movie is academic to a fault.What saves this work is the cast which is quite impressive:Bourvil,Alain Delon,Lino Ventura and Jean-Claude Brialy -who will meet again during their career .

Best scene:Frenchie Pierre Mondy,in German uniform,telling Bourvil that Delon (Bourvil's son in the story)is wanted by the Gestapo;the parents think he is a Resistance fighter while their offspring is having a wild time.