Those Were the Days

Overview

The grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework for this mystery. The deliberately rigorous courses are designed to prepare students to take the brutal examinations for entry into the elite Grand Ecoles, where a select few will gain the skills and education needed to insure a bright, prosperous future for themselves. The story centers on Delphine, a girl from the lower classes, and the upper class Claude. Both young women aspire to attend the Ecole Normale Superieure on the Rue d'Ulm. Delphine lives in humble public housing with her dull mother and two young brothers while Claude, who considers herself a Communist, lives in luxury with her own servant; she is sexually involved with fellow- student, Axel, who thinks himself a fascist.

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Cast

Élodie Bouchez

Delphine

Melvil Poupaud

Axel

Sophie Aubry

Claude

Gaël Morel

Bertrand

Blandine Lenoir

Blandine

Myriam Boyer

Bertrand's mother

Sylvie Testud

Sylvie

Marcel Bozonnet

Khâgne professor

Benjamin Mercer

Pierre

Nils Ohlund

Niels