The daily life of a school located in Saint Denis.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Zita Hanrot | ... | Samia Zibra | |
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Liam Pierron | ... | Yanis Bensaadi |
Soufiane Guerrab | ... | Messaoud | |
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Moussa Mansaly | ... | Moussa |
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Alban Ivanov | ... | Dylan |
Antoine Reinartz | ... | Thierry Bouchard | |
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Ibrahim 'Facher' Dramé | ... | Lamine |
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Moryfère Camara | ... | Issa |
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Gaspard Gevin-Hié | ... | Kevin |
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Mahamadou Sangaré | ... | Fodé |
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Redouane Bougheraba | ... | Redouane |
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Hocine Mokando | ... | Farid |
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Aboudou Sacko | ... | Mamadi |
Blandine Lenoir | ... | Anne, la principale | |
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Dylan Sanches Tavares | ... | Brahim |
The daily life of a school located in Saint Denis.
I found this movie gripping from beginning to end. It creates a series of clearly developed and delineated characters who all attend or teach in a high school in one of the poor suburbs of Paris. The teachers, most of them, try to help the kids connect with their schooling in some way, though that isn't always easy. Some of the students are bright and could succeed, but have a lot of extra-curricular hurdles that keep getting in their way. Others just aren't meant for school.
These various threads are woven together by first-rate actors and directing, such that they never leave you looking at your watch. These become real people for you, and you want them - most of them, at any rate - to be able to succeed.
No one here is perfect. (You probably aren't either, if you really take a good look at yourself.) Still, most not just want something more out of life, but are willing to do something to earn it. You want them to succeed.