Behind the Walls

(2008)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: France

Director: Christian Faure

Cast: Émile Berling, Кароль Буке, Catherine Jacob, Michel Jonasz, Guillaume Gouix, Julien Bouanich, Anthony Decadi, Jonathan Reyes, Финнегэн Олдфилд, Simon Perret

Plot

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.