Directed by:
François OzonCinematography:
Jérôme AlmérasComposer:
Philippe RombiCast:
Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto, Denis Ménochet, Diana Stewart, Mehdi Meskar, Jana Bittnerová (more)VOD (1)
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Sixteen-year-old Claude (Ernst Unhauer) insinuates himself into the house of fellow high school student Rapha (Bastien Ughetto), writing about his family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction for his jaded literature teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini). Intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy's intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Germain's wife, Jeanne, a contemporary art gallery director who avidly follows Claude's semi-imaginary escapades, while Emmanuelle Seigner plays Rapha's mom, Claude's object of desire. (Cohen Media Group)
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Successful French drama about a French language teacher, who is introduced into his average world by a boy from an evidently broken family environment, who can damn well write captivatingly. And that, even though he is only 14 years old. But then the story begins to unfold differently than the average viewer would expect, and so a series of interesting scenes start to happen on stage, with which the viewer may not always completely agree, but still keeps them interested until the very end. Within the framework of a classic human story and the meeting of two different people, the film finale then enters, which is incredibly interesting, almost dream-like on the contrary. Personally, the film compelled me to think about it in the upcoming evening moments. And that's what I like.
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