Graduate First

Graduate First

86 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 14, 1978

A slice of life of a group of young working class friends in a Northern French village coming to the end of their school years and embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.

Graduate First

86 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 14, 1978

Graduate First
A slice of life of a group of young working class friends in a Northern French village coming to the end of their school years and embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Renn Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films du Livradois, Ina
Original title Passe ton bac d'abord
Directors Jean-Marie Duhart, Emmanuel Clot, Patrick Grandperret, Maurice Pialat
Writers Maurice Pialat

Cast

Sabine Haudepin

as Élisabeth

Philippe Marlaud

as Philippe

Annick Alane

as The mother

Michel Caron

as The father

Christian Bouillette

as Le patron / The boss

Jean-François Adam

as Le prof de philo / The philosophy teacher

Bernard Tronczak

as Bernard

Patrick Lepcynski

as Patrick

Agnès Makowiak

as Agnès

Charline Bourré

as Charline

Patrick Playez

as Rocky

Muriel Lacroix

as Muriel

Frédérique Cerbonnet

as Frédérique

Fabienne Neuville

as La soeur d'Elisabeth / Elisabeth's sister

Aline Fayard

as La femme du patron / The boss's wife

Valérie Chassigneux

as Le soeur de Patrick / Patrick's sister

Joséphine Lepczynski

as Les parents de Patrick / Patrick's mother

François Lepczynski

as Patrick's father

Stanislawa Tronczyk

as Bernard's mother

Georges Vimard

as Bajus (as Georges Vimart)

Patrice Pisula

as Friend

Pierre Barski

as Friend

Karine Souppart

as Friend

Cathy Gallet

as Friend

Patrice Kubiak

as Friend

André Bitoun

as The man in the Rolls-Royce