In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
