Way of Youth
Le chemin des écoliers is a 1959 French drama film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura and Alain Delon. It is based on the novel The Transient Hour by Marcel Aymé.
Plot
To accommodate his mistress, Yvette, 17 year-old Antoine Michaud involves himself in black market activities with his friend, Paul Tiercelin.Cast
- Françoise Arnoul as Yvette Grandmaison
- Bourvil as Charles Michaud
- Lino Ventura as Tiercelin
- Alain Delon as Antoine Michaud
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Paul Tiercelin
- Pierre Mondy as Lulu
- Paulette Dubost as Hélène Michaud
- Micheline Luccioni as Solange, Charles Michaud’s secretary
- Christian Lude as Monsieur Ollivier, Charles Michaud’s associate
- Jean Brochard as Monsieur Coutelier
- Gaby Basset as Lucette, Tiercelin’s sister
- Claude Castaing as Dominique
- Martine Havet as Pierrette Michaud, Antoine’s little sister
- Sylviane Rozenberg as Chou, Yvette’s daughter
- Madeleine Lebeau as Flora
- Sandra Milo as Olga, a girl.