Film

The Children

6.219851h 34mComedy

Director: Marguerite Duras
Year: 1985

Ernesto, a seven-year-old boy who has the body of a thirty-year-old man, decides, upon attending his first day of school, that he no longer wishes to attend, because he does not wish to be taught matters that he does not know.

Top cast

Axel Bogousslavsky

Ernesto

Daniel Gélin

Enrico

Tatiana Moukhine

Natasha

Martine Chevallier

Nicole

André Dussollier

Le directeur d'école

Pierre Arditi

Le journaliste

Directed by

Marguerite Duras

Written by

Jean Mascolo, Jean-Marc Turine, Marguerite Duras