Movie: The Under-Gifted

Top 10 Billed Cast

Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil

Baptiste Laval, dit "Bébel"

Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru

le commissaire

Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme

Lucie Jumaucourt

Philippe Taccini
Philippe Taccini

Julien Senquin

Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps

Léon Jumaucourt

Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières

Gaston Pourquier

Étienne Draber
Étienne Draber

le père de Julien

Tonie Marshall
Tonie Marshall

Catherine Jumaucourt

Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer

le pion

Françoise Michaud
Françoise Michaud

Caroline Janin

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    The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

  • Release Date

    1980-04-30

  • Average

    6.488

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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