I HAVE A NEW MASTER
synopsis
Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He uses modern methods: he becomes their guide. The boys build a water-powered electric generator, interview their parents about shoe-making and cooking, draw, write poetry, and, after Pascal brings a box of type, put their own magazine together, printed on the backs of old ballots. Their new interest in critical thinking stirs opposition from the mayor and others. The teacher offers a deal: if even one student fails the national exam, he'll resign. All eyes are on Albert, an older youth who has failed three times.
international title: | I Have a New Master |
original title: | L'école buissonnière |
country: | France |
year: | 1949 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | FR 08/04/1949, HU 12/11/1959, SU 04/04/1960, SE 12/07/1974, GR 24/01/2010 |
screenplay: | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
cast: | Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber, Édouard Delmont |
cinematography by: | André Dumaître, Marc Fossard, Maurice Pecqueux |
film editing: | Emma Le Chanois |
executive producer: | Pierre Lévy-Corti |