Behind the Walls

Movie · 1h 31m

Starring Émile Berling, Carole Bouquet, Catherine Jacob, Michel Jonasz

A young runaway rejects society's condemnation and dares to fulfill his dreams. France, 1930s. 14-year-old orphan Yves Tréguier sees the world through the bars of "educational homes" where he is raised in conditions worthy of a penal colony, and dreams of a dramatic escape across the ocean to New York.