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The Under-Gifted (1980)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Claude Zidi

Synopsis

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

Actors

Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil
Baptiste Laval, dit "Bébel"
Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru
le commissaire
Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme
Lucie Jumaucourt
Philippe Taccini
Philippe Taccini
Julien Senquin
Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps
Léon Jumaucourt
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières
Gaston Pourquier
Étienne Draber
Étienne Draber
le père de Julien
Tonie Marshall
Tonie Marshall
Catherine Jumaucourt
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer
le pion
Françoise Michaud
Françoise Michaud
Caroline Janin
Gaëtan Bloom
Gaëtan Bloom
Gaëtan
Patrick Laurent
Patrick Laurent
Graffiti
Gilles Roussel
Gilles Roussel
MC²
Katherine Erhardy
Katherine Erhardy
Jeanne Dutrete (Hamilton)
Honoré N'Zué
Honoré N'Zué
Togo
Mathieu Schiffman
Mathieu Schiffman
L'écolo
Patrick Zard
Patrick Zard
Zard, le grand dadais
Dominique Hulin
Dominique Hulin
Bruce Kateka
Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine
le père de MC2
Pétronille Moss
Pétronille Moss
Ruth, copine de Caroline
Jean Cherlian
Jean Cherlian
le menuisier
Henri Attal
Henri Attal
Mohammed, le serveur
Mohamed Zinet
Mohamed Zinet
Mustapha le terroriste
Odile Poisson
Odile Poisson
la juge
Georges Anderson
Georges Anderson
le père de Togo
Marie-Thérèse Orain
Marie-Thérèse Orain
Marthe
Hélène Dublin
Hélène Dublin
Sarah

Crews

Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi
Director
Michel Fabre
Michel Fabre
Writer

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