The Under-Gifted
The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted

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1980
1h 32m
6.5(488 votes)
Comedy

Overview

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!

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29 members
Acting

Daniel Auteuil

Baptiste Lavalle, dit « Bébel »

Daniel Auteuil
Acting

Michel Galabru

M. Grasset, commissaire de police

Michel Galabru
Acting

Maria Pacôme

Lucie Jumaucourt, directrice du cours Louis XIV, professeur de philosophie

Maria Pacôme
Acting

Philippe Taccini

Julien Senquin

Philippe Taccini
Acting

Hubert Deschamps

Léon Jumaucourt, professeur des matières scientifiques

Hubert Deschamps
Acting

Raymond Bussières

Gaston Pourquier

Raymond Bussières
Acting

Étienne Draber

Le père de Julien, docteur en médecine

Étienne Draber
Acting

Tonie Marshall

Catherine Jumaucourt, professeur d'Histoire-Géographie

Tonie Marshall
Acting

Richard Bohringer

Le pion lors de l'épreuve de Maths

Richard Bohringer
Acting

Françoise Michaud

Caroline Janin, petite amie de Julien

Françoise Michaud
Acting

Gaëtan Bloom

Gaëtan

Gaëtan Bloom
Writing

Patrick Laurent

« Graffiti »

Patrick Laurent
Acting

Gilles Roussel

« MC² »

Gilles Roussel
Acting

Katherine Erhardy

Jeanne Dutrete (Hamilton)

Katherine Erhardy
Acting

Honoré N'Zué

Togo

Honoré N'Zué
Acting

Mathieu Schiffman

Le roux écolo

Mathieu Schiffman
Acting

Patrick Zard

Zard, « Le grand dadais »

Patrick Zard
Acting

Dominique Hulin

Bruce Kateka, dit « Marilyn », professeur de gym

Dominique Hulin
Acting

Féodor Atkine

Le père de « MC² », ingénieur électronique

Féodor Atkine
Acting

Pétronille Moss

Ruth, copine de Caroline

Pétronille Moss
Acting

Jean Cherlian

Le père de Gaëtan, menuisier

Jean Cherlian
Acting

Henri Attal

Mohammed, le serveur

Henri Attal
Acting

Mohamed Zinet

Mustapha, le terroriste

Mohamed Zinet
Acting

Odile Poisson

La présidente du tribunal

Odile Poisson
Acting

Georges Anderson

Le père de Togo, diplomate africain

No Image
Acting

Marie-Thérèse Orain

Marthe, la restauratrice

Marie-Thérèse Orain
Acting

Hélène Zidi

Sarah (Hélène Dublin)

Hélène Zidi
Acting

Magali Renoir

Patricia et son « mamour »

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Philippe Vallauris

Le père de Caroline

Philippe Vallauris

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