La journée de la jupe (2008)

Director:

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Writers:

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (dialogue)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (writer)

Release Date:

21 May 2009 (Lebanon)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Media Coverage | African French | High School Teacher | Teacher Student Relationship | Ethnic Diversity

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Isabelle Adjani	...	Sonia Bergerac
Denis Podalydès	...	Labouret
Yann Collette	...	Bechet
Nathalie Besançon	...	La ministre
Marc Citti	...	Frédéric
Khalid Berkouz	...	Mehmet
Yann Ebonge	...	Mouss
Sonia Amori	...	Nawel
Kévin Azaïs	...	Sébastien
Sarah Douali	...	Farida
Hassan Mezhoud	...	Akim
Karim Zakraoui	...	Farid
Fily Doumbia	...	Adiy
Salim Boughidene	...	Jérôme
Mélèze Bouzid	...	Khadija
Olivier Brocheriou	...	Julien
Jackie Berroyer	...	Le principal
Anne Girouard	...	Cécile
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	François
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benhaïssa Ahouari	...	Le père de Sonia
Koceila Aït-Ghezali	...	Le copain de Mehmet
Dimoinique Caché	...	Homme du RAID
Xiaxing Chang	...	Le père de Kim
Xiaoxing Cheng	...	Father asian
Sarah-Laure Estragnat	...	La journaliste
Hadjra Fares	...	La mère de Farid
Gilles Flamand	...	Le perchman
Laurent Hennequin	...	Homme du RAID
Mariam Kaba	...	La mère de Mouss
Malika Kadri	...	La mère de Sonia
Cyrille Kervestin	...	Le caméraman
Jean-Raoul Lacote	...	Policeman
Feliciano Lopez	...	Homme du RAID
Jean Charles Manuel	...	Homme du RAID
Bendit Rat	...	Homme du RAID
Régis Romele	...	Lieutenant du raid
Véronique Ruggia	...	La mère de Sébastien
Emmanuel Vieilly	...	Le policier 1
Omar Yami	...	Le frère de Sonia
Zirek	...	Le père de Mehmet (as Ahmet Zirek)

Directed by
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld		dialogue
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld		writer

Produced by
Ariel Askénazi	....	producer
Bénédicte Lesage	....	producer

Original Music by
Kohann

Cinematography by
Pascal Rabaud

Film Editing by
Aurique Delannoy

Casting by
Cendrine Lapuyade

Production Design by
Olivier Jacquet

Costume Design by
Agnès Beziers
Chattoune

Production Management
Pierre Dufour	....	production manager
Sandra Mondange	....	post-production manager
Pascal Pons	....	unit manager
Martine Vergnes	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
François Bigrat	....	second assistant director
Leslie Tabuteau	....	first assistant director
Vincent Templement	....	third assistant director

Sound Department
Jonathan Acbard	....	boom operator
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer
Antonin Dalmasso	....	sound editor (as Antoine Dalmasso)
Hélène Ducret	....	sound editor
Philippe Richard	....	sound
Hubert Teissedre	....	foley recording engineer
Hubert Teissedre	....	post sync recording engineer

Visual Effects by
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	visual effects

Stunts
Sophie Lascombes	....	stunt double
Daniel Vérité	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Grégory Bar	....	electrician
Maxime Cointe	....	camera operator
Arnaud Delannoy	....	first assistant camera
Cyril Girard	....	electrician
Adrien Manant	....	assistant camera
Guillaume Quoilin	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Langen	....	wardrobe
Julien Reignoux	....	costumer

Other crew
François Guerrar	....	press relations
Carole Kornmann	....	script supervisor
Elodie Tournierou	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Mascaret Films
• Arte France (co-production)

Distributors

• Rézo Films (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Arte (2009) (France) (TV)
• Arte Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD) (also Blu-ray)
• Eden Cinema (2009) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Films de l'Elysée, Les (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Prime Pictures (2009) (Lebanon) (theatrical) (Middle East)
• Valentim de Carvalho Multimédia (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Axia Films (2009) (Canada) (all media) (Québec)
• Cinema Epoch (2010) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

"Skirt Day" - Europe (English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

Germany:87 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade)

Company:

Mascaret Films

Interesting subject, but too much clichés and issues

A high school teacher loses it and ends up holding hostages half her class, turning the situation into a reflexive introspection on the various crisis of modern youths.

Isabelle Adjani, very pretty in her white skirt and blazer, and rolled-up sleeve holding "caids" at gunpoint, is unpredictable and convincing - the rest of the cast, amateur or not, is very weak.

The subject (education and equality) is strong, very relevant and more to-the-point than the very flat and bland take of the last Palmes d'Or "Entre les Murs".

La Journée de la Jupe takes it to another level, more brutal, more real and less entertaining. Less humor and more critical analysis.

The two weakness of the movie are the very feeble and bad acting on almost all the characters. And the overuse of Issues. During the hour and half, the movie feels obliged to tackle every single issues possible: from gang rape to condoms, from Islam to immigration, from respect to racism ... Too much. I was almost waiting to hear about Finance or the Ozone layer ....

Interesting subject but awkward construction.