Overview
Teacher in the most prestigious highschool in the country, François enjoys the life he’s always known, in the intellectual and bourgeois society of Paris. Trapped in a situation where he’s forced to accept a job in a school of a tough underprivileged suburb, he finds himself confronted to his own limits and to the upheaval of his values and certainties.
Director and cast
- Denis Podalydès as François Foucault
- Abdoulaye Diallo as Seydou
- Pauline Huruguen as Chloe, François' colleague
- Léa Drucker as Caroline
- Alexis Moncorgé as Gaspard, Chloe's companion
- Marie-Julie Baup Cast
- Emmanuel Barrouyer as Principal of the college
- Anne Jacquemin Cast
- Zineb Triki as Agathe
- François Rabette Cast
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