School of Life (2017) [PG-13]

Release Date:
February 22, 2017

Original Title:
L'École buissonnière

Alternate Titles:
A Escola da Vida
L'école buissonnière
Livets skola
Paul und die Schule des Lebens
The School of Life

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Family

Production Companies:
France 2 Cinéma
Radar Films
StudioCanal

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14  DE: 6  FR: U|10  RU: 6+  SE: 11|15  SK: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 116

Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the city child, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and disturbing world, that of a sovereign and wild region. The huge forest, misty ponds, heaths, and fields all belong to the Count de la Fresnaye, an elderly taciturn man who lives alone in his manor.

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Casting:
Sylvie Brocheré
Gwendale Schmitz

Costume Design:
Adélaïde Gosselin

Director:
Nicolas Vanier

Director of Photography:
Laurent Charbonnier
Éric Guichard

Editor:
Raphaële Urtin

Makeup Department Head:
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen

Music:
Hugo Gonzalez-Pioli

Novel:
Nicolas Vanier

Original Music Composer:
Armand Amar

Producer:
Matthieu Warter
Clément Miserez

Production Design:
Sébastian Birchler

Production Director:
Philippe Gautier

Sound:
Emmanuel Hachette

Special Effects Supervisor:
Guy Monbillard

Writer:
Jérôme Tonnerre
Nicolas Vanier

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