Gema Paola Rivera Gómez RN 213F

Characters

Gérard Jugnot ... Clément MathieuFrançois Berléand ... RachinKad Merad ... ChabertJean-Paul Bonnaire ... La Père MaxenceMarie Bunel ... Violette MorhangeJean-Baptiste Maunier ... Pierre MorhangeMaxence Perrin ... PépinotGrégory Gatignol ... MondainThomas Blumenthal ... CorbinCyril Bernicot ... Le QuerrecSimon Fargeot ... BonifaceThéodule Carré-Cassaigne ... LeclercPhilippe Du Janerand ... Monsieur LangloisCarole Weiss ... La ComtesseErick Desmarestz ... Le Docteur Dervaux

Gérard Jugnot ... ClémentMathieu

When a new prefect, Clement Mathieu (Gerard Jugnot) enters the school, he sees a sad picture of Rachin method: distressed, resistive boys without any interest in anything and teachers leaving the school to save their life. Everybody in school lost all hope in the boys ability to be better people. Nobody believes in them, and old teachers are warning Mathieu against the boys. You can see sad eyes of the boys without any sparks.

Clement Mathieu is a sad man too. It seems like he has lost his family during the war and become a very lonely, aging man, who sees his bright future no more. For some reason he gave up his life and his passion: music. He was a composer. When he meets the boys for the first time, it seems like he is going to lose the first "battle" for the authority in the classroom. He gets involved in a few incidents with the boys in presence of Rachin, but surprisingly for the boys, Mathieu steps up to protect the boys against punishments. The boys appreciate it and start looking at Mathieu like a man who cares about them. When a small group of boys led by Pierre Morhange steals Mathieu's brief case with music scripts, the prefect gets an idea. He establishes a chorus.

François Berléand ... Rachin

The school is ruled by a ruthless principal Rachinwho accepts only one method of discipline: "action -reaction".

Kad Merad ... Chabert

Marie Bunel ... VioletteMorhange

Jean-Baptiste Maunier ... Pierre Morhange

Maxence Perrin ... Pépinot