Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days (1995)

Drama

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.

Director: Didier Haudepin
Writers: Claire Mercier, Didier Haudepin.

Casts

	Élodie Bouchez as Delphine
	Melvil Poupaud as Axel
	Sophie Aubry as Claude
	Gaël Morel as Bertrand
	Blandine Lenoir as Blandine
	Myriam Boyer as Bertrand's mother
	Sylvie Testud as Sylvie
	Marcel Bozonnet as Khâgne professor
	Benjamin Mercer as Pierre
	Nils Ohlund as Niels
	Vincent Elbaz as Marcel
	Frédéric Quiring as Patrick
	Micha Lescot as Guillaume
	Thierry de Peretti as Carlos

Crew