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The Innocent with Forty Children (1957)

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Original title
Le Naïf aux 40 enfants
Directed by
Philippe Agostini
Genre
comedy
Country
France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young teacher arrives at a provincial school and wins over his students by using modern slang to make classic literature more relatable. Parents try to get him fired when they learn of his unconventional teaching methods.

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What happens

Le Naïf aux quarante enfants est un film français réalisé par Philippe Agostini, sorti en 1957 ou 1958. Jean-François Robignac, un professeur, arrive dans un collège de province pour enseigner les lettres à des élèves de troisième. Très vite, il s'attire la sympathie des enfants par sa jeunesse de langage. Mais les parents veulent le faire renvoyer quand ils apprennent que Jean-François utilise des mots d'argot pour rajeunir les textes des écrivains. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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