A 1938 French prison reform drama that dares to ask: what if teenage delinquents just needed hugs?
In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather than be constantly subdued and is accordingly determined to make Madame Appel change her methods of education.
Acting
Annie Ducaux's Yvonne radiates stubborn idealism against institutional rot.
Direction
Moguy stages power struggles through doorways and desk positioning.
Director
Léonide Moguy
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