Year: 1994
Runtime: 90 mins
Language: French
Director: Jean-Claude Sussfeld
Set in a 1950s French juvenile mental hospital, ten‑year‑old Gils contends with authority and forms a close bond with rebellious classmate Jessica, shown through flashbacks. A kind doctor befriends him, but a stricter, authoritarian senior physician seeks to undermine their trust, heightening the oppressive atmosphere that pervades the institution.
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