The Teacher (French: Les Grands Esprits) is a 2017 French film written and directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal, and starring Denis Podalydès.[3]
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The Teacher | |
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Directed by | Olivier Ayache-Vidal |
Screenplay by | Olivier Ayache-Vidal |
Produced by | Alain Benguigui Thomas Verhaeghe |
Starring | Denis Podalydès Abdoulaye Diallo |
Cinematography | David Cailley |
Edited by | Alexis Mallard |
Music by | Florian Cornet Gadou Naudin |
Production companies | Sombrero Films France 3 Cinéma |
Distributed by | BAC Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $3.8 million[1] |
Box office | $2.5 million[2] |
One day, when he declares that only an experienced teacher should be sent to schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods, François Foucault, himself a teacher in letters in the prestigious Henri IV French high school, is overheard by a representative of the Ministry of Education. He is then compelled to leave his posh school in Paris and go to the suburbs, in the “Barbara” High School of Stains, an institution with a bad reputation.
The film's original soundtrack:[4]