“The greatest lessons are learnt when life enters the classroom.”
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
François Bégaudeau
François Marin, head teacher
Arthur Fogel
Arthur, student
Damien Gomes
Damien, student
Esmeralda Ouertani
Esmeralda, student
Rachel Regulier
Khoumba, student
Louise Grinberg
Louise, student
Rabah Nait Oufella
Rabah, student
Franck Keïta
Souleyman, student
Agame Malembo-Emene
Agame, student
Angélica Sancio
Angélica, student
Boubacar Toure
Boubacar, student
Burak Özyilmaz
Burak, student
Carl Nanor
Carl, student
Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi
Cherif, student
Dalla Doucoure
Dalla, student
Sagan
Lean On Me
Puberty Blues
Havoc
Hierarchy of Girls: A Girl at the Bottom
Our Meal for Tomorrow
Love Songs
In Paris
Boarding Gate
Somers Town
Crossing Over
Army of Shadows
WREN
Tribute to the Teachers
School Caste
The Red Balloon
Chemical Hearts
Welcome
Royal
Normal Adolescent Behavior
The Public Woman
La Cérémonie
The Ron Clark Story
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Good Teacher
The Truth
Paris 36
Skirt Day
Memoir of War
Things to Come
The Past
My Little Princess
The Passengers of the Night
Mr. Klein
My Little Loves
White Bird
Once in a Lifetime
Dead Poets Society
Au Revoir les Enfants
The Young Lieutenant