Overview - 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.

Cast

• Name: Élodie Bouchez

  Character: Delphine

  Popularity: 1.8468

  

• Name: Melvil Poupaud

  Character: Axel

  Popularity: 1.775

  

• Name: Sophie Aubry

  Character: Claude

  Popularity: 0.2197

  

• Name: Gaël Morel

  Character: Bertrand

  Popularity: 0.6635

  

• Name: Blandine Lenoir

  Character: Blandine

  Popularity: 0.2757

  

• Name: Myriam Boyer

  Character: Bertrand's mother

  Popularity: 0.6628

  

• Name: Sylvie Testud

  Character: Sylvie

  Popularity: 2.0446

  

• Name: Marcel Bozonnet

  Character: Khâgne professor

  Popularity: 0.4622