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Synopsis
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. The Count tolerates poachers on his estate, but Borel relentlessly hunts them down, most especially, Totoche, the most wily and elusive among them. In the heart of a fairytale Sologne, alongside Totoche, Paul will learn about life, and also about the forest and its secrets. An even heavier secret weighs down the estate, because Paul has not happened to come there by accident…
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Movie Details
| Portugal Releases: | June 22nd, 2018 (Wide), released as A Escola da Vida |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 116 minutes |
| Keywords: | Set in France, Set in Paris, 1930s, Orphan, Orphanage, Adopted Family, Country Mouse, City Mouse |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Radar Films., France 2 Cinema, StudioCanal |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Languages: | French |