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Those Were the Days
The grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework for this mystery. The deliberately rigorous courses are designed to prepare students to take the brutal examinations for entry into the elite Grand Ecoles, where a select few will gain the skills and education needed to insure a bright, prosperous future for themselves. The story centers on Delphine, a girl from the lower classes, and the upper class Claude. Both young women aspire to attend the Ecole Normale Superieure on the Rue d'Ulm. Delphine lives in humble public housing with her dull mother and two young brothers while Claude, who considers herself a Communist, lives in luxury with her own servant; she is sexually involved with fellow- student, Axel, who thinks himself a fascist.
Cast
- Élodie Bouchez as Delphine
- Melvil Poupaud as Axel
- Sophie Aubry as Claude
- Gaël Morel as Bertrand
- Blandine Lenoir as Blandine
- Myriam Boyer as Bertrand's mother
- Sylvie Testud as Sylvie
- Marcel Bozonnet as Khâgne professor
- Benjamin Mercer as Pierre
- Nils Ohlund as Niels
- Vincent Elbaz as Marcel
- Frédéric Quiring as Patrick
Details
- Director
- Didier Haudepin
- Released
- September 13, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Bloody Mary Productions and La Sept Cinéma
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 14 votes
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