like any other in pop culture and japan seem always to be very adaptable anything that be cool and with knowing of meaning of it isn not important . the celebration of christmas day be long go . yes and i do remember this movie and of course . this be a huge hit in japan when i be grow up . japanese title the cunning represent iq equal 0. i be in my first or second grade and all the kid learn the trick of cheat exam and well and not during the real exam and but to act like those kid in the movie . that be a real fun to do . and if i be right and there be a sequence of this film . either way and i wish this movie be more well distribute than it be and to this day and it remain a a cult film . we enjoy it a lot in japan back then and it be so cool movie and we even do not know ( or bother to know ) this be from france .