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The Innocent with Forty Children

6.019571h 38mMovieComedy

Jean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to ninth-graders. He quickly wins over the children with his youthful way with words. But his parents want to have him expelled when they learn that Jean-François uses slang words to rejuvenate writers' texts.

DirectorPhilippe Agostini
WritersPhilippe Agostini·Paul Guth

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Cast · Directed by Philippe Agostini

MSMichel Serrault
Michel Serrault
Jean-François Robignac
JPJean Poiret
Jean Poiret
Maître Bardine
JRJean Rigaux
Jean Rigaux
HCHenri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux
Professeur Larmet
SPSimone Paris
Simone Paris
SKSylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina
Gina Lantois
DCDarry Cowl
Darry Cowl
Le marchand d'échelles
PVPierre-Jean Vaillard
Pierre-Jean Vaillard
MA
Marie Albe
OB
Ozanne Boudet
MB
Maurice Brutus
YC
Yvonne Clairy

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