En rachâchant
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The child Ernesto doesn't want to go to school any more because, as he says, all he is taught there is things he doesn't know.
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Cast
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Olivier Straub
Ernesto
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Nadette Thinus
The Mom
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Marguerite Duras
Danièle Huillet
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Too Early / Too Late
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Henri Alekan
Bernard Thinus
The Dad
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Jean-Marie Straub
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Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika
Louis Hochet
Raymond Gérard
The Teacher
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Manfred Blank
Louis Cochet
Jean-Marie Straub Director · Danièle Huillet Director Marguerite Duras Author
United States release November 13, 1982 · Produced in France · Production Diagonale, INA
Production
Straub-Huillet Films
Production
Diagonale
Production
INA
Production
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 1, 1982
United States · November 13, 1982
Premiere · Source: IMDb
China
March 22, 2026 · Premiere · Hangzhou Une histoire du cinéma français
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