Movie: The Children

Top 6 Billed Cast

Axel Bogousslavsky
Axel Bogousslavsky

Ernesto

Daniel Gélin
Daniel Gélin

Enrico

Tatiana Moukhine
Tatiana Moukhine

Natasha

Martine Chevallier
Martine Chevallier

Nicole

André Dussollier
André Dussollier

Le directeur d'école

Pierre Arditi
Pierre Arditi

Le journaliste

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1985-02-01

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    5.9

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