The School of Life

In 1930s Paris, young Paul has known nothing beyond the towering walls of the orphanage, a stark structure located in the working-class outskirts of the city. His life takes a turn when he is placed in the care of Célestine, a cheerful woman from the countryside, and her husband Borel, a somewhat rigid gamekeeper overseeing a sprawling estate in Sologne. This city boy, both defiant and headstrong, finds himself in a mysterious and unsettling new environment—a wild and untamed region. The expansive forest, mist-covered ponds, heathlands, and fields are all owned by the Count de la Fresnaye, a solitary and reticent old man residing in his manor.