Ernesto, a seven-year-old boy who has the body of a thirty-year-old man, decides, upon attending his first day of school, that he no longer wishes to attend, because he does not wish to be taught matters that he does not know.
Axel Bogousslavsky
Ernesto
Daniel Gélin
Enrico
Tatiana Moukhine
Natasha
Martine Chevallier
Nicole
André Dussollier
Le directeur d'école
Pierre Arditi
Le journaliste
Marguerite Duras
Director
Jean-Marc Turine
Writer
Jean Mascolo
Michel Vionnet
Sound Designer
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Christian Gasc
Costume Design
Carlos D'Alessio
Original Music Composer
Jean-Pierre Fénié
Boom Operator
Françoise Belleville
Editor