Underplayed Gems

The Blockhead Fair (1963)

The Blockhead Fair poster
Original title
La Foire aux cancres
Directed by
Louis Daquin
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French comedy from 1963 made up of short sketches set in a school. The sketches show mischievous students and their teachers in funny situations like a poor student who is a good mechanic, a teacher who seems drunk while talking about alcohol, and a student who locks a teacher in the bathroom.

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What happens

La Foire aux cancres est un film de Louis Daquin sorti en 1963. Film à sketches. 1. Jour d'inspection. Le cancre de la classe est mauvais élève mais bon mécanicien. 2. Le billet de cinquante. Le professeur démontre que l'argent n'est que du papier. 3. Le foie et la porte. Un professeur raisonnant sur les méfaits de l'alcoolisme présente pourtant toutes les caractéristiques d'une personne ivre. 4. Un voleur en herbe. L'institutrice découvre qu'un de ses élèves est un voleur. 5. Un problème de train. Une jeune enseignante, chahutée par ses élèves, leur soumet un difficile problème de train à résoudre. 6. Une tragédie. Un cancre enferme son professeur dans les toilettes et jette la clé. 7. Les mamelles de la France. Un cancre rapporte déformé un mot fameux de Sully à son père qui, conseiller municipal, le rapporte au maire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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