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Behind the Walls (2008)

6.3 | Apr 30, 2008 (FR) | Drama | 01:31

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.

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Émile Berling
Yves Tréguier
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Carole Bouquet
Fil de fer's Mother
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Michel Jonasz
Director - Institution of Supervised Education
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Julien Bouanich
Fil de fer
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Finnegan Oldfield
The Stutterer

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