

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

Daniel Auteuil
Baptiste Lavalle, dit « Bébel »
Lead
Michel Galabru
M. Grasset, commissaire de police

Maria Pacôme
Lucie Jumaucourt, directrice du cours Louis XIV, professeur de philosophie

Philippe Taccini
Julien Senquin

Hubert Deschamps
Léon Jumaucourt, professeur des matières scientifiques

Raymond Bussières
Gaston Pourquier

Étienne Draber
Le père de Julien, docteur en médecine

Tonie Marshall
Catherine Jumaucourt, professeur d'Histoire-Géographie
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Zidi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The Under-Gifted is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”