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The Under-Gifted

1980 · 92 min

A breezy, mischievous romp full of pranks and exam-day chaos, easy to enjoy without much thought.

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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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • rebellion
  • coming-of-age
  • education
  • class
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Claude Zidi
Written by
Didier Kaminka, Michel Fabre, Claude Zidi
Starring
Daniel Auteuil, Michel Galabru, Maria Pacôme, Philippe Taccini, Hubert Deschamps, Raymond Bussières, Étienne Draber, Tonie Marshall
Music
Bob Brault
Cinematography
Paul Bonis
Runtime
92 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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