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Director:
Christian Faure
Writers:
Albert Algoud (writer)
Auguste Le Breton (novel)
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Release Date:
30 April 2008 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old... more | add synopsis
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A little masterpiece more (1 total)

Cast

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Carole Bouquet ... La mère de 'Fil de fer'
François Damiens ... Le surveillant chef
Emile Berling ... Yves Tréguier
Pascal N'Zonzi ... Oudie
Michel Jonasz ... Le directeur de l'institution d'éducation surveillée
Catherine Jacob ... La directrice
Bernard Blancan ... Le beau-père d'Yves
Guillaume Gouix ... Blondeau
Anthony Decadi ... Molina
Julien Bouanich ... Fil de fer
Jonathan Reyes ... Le Rat
Finnegan Oldfield ... Le bégayeux
Simon Perret ... Frigo
Antoine Chaleyssin ... 'L'Astucieux'
Oscar Baudot ... Bras d'acier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Behind the Walls (USA)
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Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Abbaye Royale, Saint-Jean d'Angely, Charente-Maritime, France more
Company:
Septembre Productions more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A little masterpiece, 3 May 2008
Author: GUENOT PHILIPPE (philippe.guenot@dbmail.com) from France

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I have always been in love with Auguste Le Breton's novels. Especially crime mobsters ones, I must admit. Such as "Rififi chez les Hommes" - his most famous and that was adapted as a movie by Jules Dassin - "Le Rouge est mis", "Razzia sur la Schnouf"; not forget "Le Clan des Sicilians". he wrote more than seventy novels. Gangsters, outlaws, adventurers, people in war with society that broke them down. Social novels, too. Not for the squeamish.

"Les Hauts Murs" was the first book he wrote, but not published. He wrote it with his guts, his rage, his ferocity. Keep in mind that Le Breton was an authentic orphan just after WW1. He was raised by foster parents,escaped and caught before sent in approved school, the cruelest ones, the most terrible. Animal Factories. No more no less. He learned what real life was, brutality, fierce but friendship too.

The movie is faithful to the novel. Heart gripping, tough, awfully realistic about the real atmosphere of the tremendous orphanages of the 30's.

I wept during this splendid film. An unforgettable one.

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