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Gentlemen Children (1997) | Slate

Gentlemen Children

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Rated 5.2 on TMDB

Gentlemen Children

Messieurs les enfants

Truth is not a lie!

To punish three troublemakers, Albert Castraing, their French teacher, gives them an essay to do, in which they must imagine what their lives would be if they were suddenly transformed into adults. The next morning, the three twelve-year-old boys realize to their amazement that...they HAVE BEEN transformed into adults! As for they parents they have become...KIDS! It is the beginning of a series of mishaps for Joseph, a Jew, Igor, a catholic and Nourdine, an Arab...

Released: 1997
Runtime: 1h 40m
Genres: Comedy
Country: France
Language: French

Direction and writing

Pierre BoutronDirector, Writer

Daniel PennacWriter

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Cast

Catherine JacobYolande
Pierre ArditiJoseph / Pope
François MorelIgor / Pierre

Géraldine Bonnet-GuérinUne prostituée

Zinedine SoualemNourdine / Ismaël

Michel AumontLe principal

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