Plot
In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an exploitable resource of docile and cheap labor. Anyone who had the effrontery to steal so much as a portion of a loaf of bread for any reason would (at the very least) go to prison, regardless of their age. However, people of conscience were beginning to protest against this situation. The story takes place in a prison for children where conditions are particularly harsh. The warden is a thick-headed martinet who demands complete compliance with the rules, or the children will be brutally dealt with. The assistant warden is a more modern man, and is appalled by the whole institution, but seeks to begin by reforming it. To that end, he has invited a journalist to come and see the conditions that prevail there, in the hopes that she will rouse public opinion against at least this one form of injustice.
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Cast
Michel Aumont
L'oncle
André Wilms
M. Alexis
Bernard Musson
Le père de M. Alexis
Clémentine Amouroux
La comtesse d'Ozeray
Nada Strancar
Mme Alexis
Bernard Ballet
Le garde chiourme
Dominique Reymond
Jeanne
Daniel Laloux
Le prêtre
Loïc Even
Le Penseur
Robinson Stévenin
Rase-Motte
Sagamore Stévenin
Tête vide
Jonathan Zaccaï
Grande Gueule
Renaud Ménager
La Grenouille
Thomas Damisch
Petit Jésus
Quentin Ogier
Le Mondain
Swann Arlaud
Lucien
