Les J3

{{short description|1946 film}}  {{Infobox film | name = Les J3<br />{{small|also known as '''''The J3'''''}} | image = | caption = | director = Roger Richebé | producer = | writer = Jean Aurenche<br />Jean Ferry | starring = Gérard Nery<br />Gisèle Pascal<br />Saturnin Fabre | music = Henri Verdun | cinematography = Victor Arménise | editing = Henri Taverna | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1946|04|17|France|df=y}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = }} '''''Les J3''''' (also known as '''''The J3''''') is a 1946 French film directed by Roger Richebé, and adapted from the play by the same name, written by Roger Ferdinand.<ref name="IMDB (play)">{{cite web|title=Roger Ferdinand (List of Works)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272251/|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref> The film's admissions in France were 2,748,441.<ref name="Box Story">{{cite web|title=Box Office Annual - France 1945|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-annuel-france-1945-a91183721|publisher=Box Office Story (France)|accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref> It was followed by a 1950 sequel ''They Are Twenty''.

==Plot synopsis== The play focuses on a group of high school students in occupied France during the Second World War. Whilst the students are initially more focused on the black market trade of cigarettes and stockings, a new philosophy teacher, the "charming and gifted educator" Mademoiselle Bravard, focuses them back onto their work at school, helping them all pass their final exams.<ref name="IMDB (PS)">{{cite web|title=The J3 - Plot Summary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192172/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref>

==Cast== * Gérard Nery as Gabriel Lamy * Gisèle Pascal as Mademoiselle Bravard * Saturnin Fabre as the school Headmaster

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192172/ ''Les J3''] at IMDb

{{DEFAULTSORT:J3}} Category:1946 films Category:French films based on plays Category:Films with screenplays by Jean Aurenche Category:French comedy films Category:1946 comedy films Category:1946 French-language films Category:Films directed by Roger Richebé Category:French black-and-white films Category:1946 French films Category:French-language comedy films