School of Life (2017)

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Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the city child, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and disturbing world, that of a sovereign and wild region. The huge forest, misty ponds, heaths, and fields all belong to the Count de la Fresnaye, an elderly taciturn man who lives alone in his manor.

• Released: 2017-02-22
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
• Runtime: 1h 56m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 315 votes

Directed by Nicolas Vanier.

Top cast

• François Cluzet as Totoche
• Jean Scandel as Paul Caradec
• Éric Elmosnino as Borel
• François Berléand as Count Louis Fernand de La Fresnaye
• Valérie Karsenti as Célestine
• Thomas Durand as Bertrand
• Ilona Cabrera as Bella
• Frédéric Saurel as Dédé
• Urbain Cancelier as Lucien
• Murielle Huet des Aunay as Montaine

Full cast & crew

Where to watch School of Life

• United States: stream on OVID; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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