The Pupil
Synopsis
The year is 1897. Julien, age 25, is hired by an aristocratic couple to tutor their 12 year old son, Morgan. The boy is wild but very gifted. Julien soon realizes that his employers lead a gimcrack life dedicated to keeping up appearances, but are actually penniless. He is swept along in their footloose, turbulent lifestyle as they decamp from place to place like gypsies. Slowly the masks come down and Julien sees the real reason why this tribe took him in: the parents are hoping he’ll rid them of Morgan.
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Director (1)
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Ocelot Productions
- Co-productions : Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Arte France Cinéma, C.A.P.A.C.
- Film exports/foreign sales : Family Films
- French distribution : MKL/Lazennec Diffusion
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Josée Bénabent-Loiseau
- Screenwriters : Ève Deboise, Olivier Schatzky
- Director of Photography : Carlo Varini
- Music Composer : Romano Musumarra
- Assistant Director : Do Combe
- Editor : Jean-François Naudon
- Sound Recordist : Dominique Levert
- Costume designers : Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle, Anne Brault
- Author of original work : Henry James
- Line Producer : Gérard Gaultier
- Press Attaché (film) : Eva Simonet
- Sound editor : Nadine Muse
- Assistant editors : Martine Fleury, Albane Peñaranda, Édith Vassard
- Continuity supervisor : Geneviève Château
- Production Designer : Jacques Bufnoir
- Still Photographers : Jean-Marie Leroy, David Koskas, Fabian Cevallos
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1996
- French release : 11/09/1996
- Runtime : 1 h 32 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 88.627
- Visa issue date : 18/07/1996
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
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About
"This story about a guileless private tutor fascinated by his student takes us gliding along the invisible wall between the world of children and that of adults, which only a few individuals touched by special grace can cross. Henry James’s novel, with its meaning that constantly escapes upwards under the apparent drift of the writing, subtly and secretly imposed its rules on us. The main part of our work was to find a balance between outward show and inner feelings, to preserve the film’s dynamism without losing its content. But over and above technique, we, the entire cast and crew, gave ourselves up to the sheer pleasure of interpreting this score in the hope of sharing with others a rare and fragile emotion that exists beyond the bounds of time and fashion."
(Olivier Schatzky )
