Passion for Life (French: L'école buissonnière) is a 1949 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois and starring Bernard Blier, Juliette Faber and Édouard Delmont.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around Saint-Jeannet, Vence and Gattières. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Passion for Life | |
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Directed by | Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
Written by | Elise Freinet Jean-Paul Le Chanois |
Produced by | Pierre Lévy-Corti |
Starring | Bernard Blier Juliette Faber Édouard Delmont |
Cinematography | André Dumaître Marc Fossard Maurice Pecqueux |
Edited by | Emma Le Chanois |
Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production companies | Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français Union Générale Cinématographique |
Distributed by | Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
In 1920 a young teacher and Great War veteran of liberal views arrives in a small French town in Provence to take up a position in the local school. His new way of teaching which places great emphasis on the happiness of the students, ruffles the feathers of the more conservative elements in town who try to have him dismissed.