This film starts out in the teacher's lounge in an (secondary) school in Paris. It is the start of a new school year, and the teachers are planning the coming year.
We follow a male, relatively young, French teacher (he teaches the French language) and his class, consisting of a good mix of native French and immigrants, males and females.
Watching this film in the cinema I felt interested for about half the length of the film. The dialogs between the teacher and his students were at times fun and interesting to see. The teacher, as well as the film audience, wants to get to know the students better, what their personalities are like.
However, as the film progresses, I lost interest - it became almost monotonous. I expected something more... a real plot, a story. Then again, the feeling of the film is very much as a documentary. This is a good indication of the quality of the acting, which was very good indeed.
For me, this film was too long and in the end not very interesting nor satisfying (I won't say more, to avoid having to give a spoiler alert).
I will recommend this film for certain groups of people only. Consider seeing this film if you are:
If you do not fit well into one of these descriptions, you are probably better off spending your time and money on something else.
We follow a male, relatively young, French teacher (he teaches the French language) and his class, consisting of a good mix of native French and immigrants, males and females.
Watching this film in the cinema I felt interested for about half the length of the film. The dialogs between the teacher and his students were at times fun and interesting to see. The teacher, as well as the film audience, wants to get to know the students better, what their personalities are like.
However, as the film progresses, I lost interest - it became almost monotonous. I expected something more... a real plot, a story. Then again, the feeling of the film is very much as a documentary. This is a good indication of the quality of the acting, which was very good indeed.
For me, this film was too long and in the end not very interesting nor satisfying (I won't say more, to avoid having to give a spoiler alert).
I will recommend this film for certain groups of people only. Consider seeing this film if you are:
- Learning or otherwise interested in the French language.
- Above average interested in the French school system.
- A school teacher.
- A pupil/student in Junior High or equivalent.
- A parent of one or more kids in the age of 13 to 16.
If you do not fit well into one of these descriptions, you are probably better off spending your time and money on something else.