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The Chorus
Why this pick
Barratier brings the same warmly nostalgic French sensibility: unruly children, an adult who meets them with patience, and a gently comic path toward shared purpose.
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MOVIE2011 1h 40m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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War of the Buttons
Why this pick
Yves Robert’s beloved earlier adaptation of the same novel is excluded as a duplicate story.
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The Well Digger's Daughter
Why this pick
Its sunlit rural French setting, affectionate ensemble and old-fashioned storytelling make it a fitting companion for the warmth and local-community texture of Barratier’s film.
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The New Kid
Why this pick
A sharply observed schoolyard comedy with believable childhood alliances, rivalries and social manoeuvring; it retains the playful, unsentimental attention to kids’ own codes of honour.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean Texier
Lebrac
Ilona Bachelier
Violette
Théophile Baquet
Grand Gibus
Clément Godefroy
Petit Gibus
Louis Dussol
Bacaillé - Mayor's Kid
Harold Werner
La Crique - Smart Kid
Nathan Parent
Camus
Thomas Goldberg
L'Aztec