The Under-Gifted (1980)
Les sous-doués
92 min
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!
- Release date
- April 30, 1980
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Daniel Auteuil as Baptiste Lavalle, alias Bebel
- Michel Galabru as Le commissaire
- Maria Pacôme as Lucie Jumaucourt
- Philippe Taccini as Julien Senquin
- Hubert Deschamps as Léon Jumaucourt
- Raymond Bussières as Gaston
- Etienne Draber as Le père de Julien, docteur en médecine
- Tonie Marshall as Catherine Jumaucourt
- Richard Bohringer as Le pion lors de l'épreuve de Maths
- Françoise Michaud as Caroline Janin, petite amie de Julien
- Gaëtan Bloom as Gaëtan
- Patrick Laurent as « Graffiti »
- Katherine Erhardy as Jeanne Dutrete (Hamilton)
- Mathieu Schiffman as Le roux écolo
- Patrick Zard as Zard, « Le grand dadais »
- Dominique Hulin as Bruce Kateka, dit « Marilyn », professeur de gym
- Féodor Atkine as Le père de MC 2
- Jean Cherlian as Le père de Gaëtan, menuisier
- Henri Attal as Mohammed
- Mohamed Zinet as Mustapha, le terroriste
- Odile Poisson as La présidente du tribunal
- Hélène Zidi as Sarah (Hélène Dublin)
- Philippe Vallauris as Le père de Caroline
- Georges Anderson as Le père de Togo
Crew
- Claude Zidi · Director
- Michel Fabre · Writer
- Didier Kaminka · Writer
- Claude Zidi · Writer
- Claude Zidi · Producer
- Bob Brault · Composer
- Paul Bonis · Cinematographer
- Nicole Saunier · Editor
- Jacques Voizot · Production designer