Passion for Life

7.3 / 10 | 1h 29m | France

1949 | Comedy | Drama

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.

Passion for Life

Cast List (24)

You Might Also Like

Select Video Quality

Hot Genres

Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary [Russian] (2016)

Fatimah Taliah: Nice to Meet Me (2021)

Curon [Russian] (2020)

Evilive [Indonesian] (2023)

J'ai le Cafard (Bint Werdan) (2020)

Dezerteri (2022)

All You Can Eat (2013)

Titus : Mystery of the Enygma (2020)

The Urban Demographic (2005)

Verdenshistorien 1. del: En plads på jorden (1993)

Popular Searches