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The Teacher
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The Teacher

2017-09-13 · 106 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Olivier Ayache-Vidal
Production companies
Bac Films, Sombrero Films, Atelier de Production, France 3 Cinéma
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Denis PodalydèsDenis PodalydèsFrançois Foucault
Abdoulaye DialloAbdoulaye DialloSeydou
Pauline HuruguenPauline HuruguenChloe, François' colleague
Alexis MoncorgéAlexis MoncorgéGaspard, Chloe's companion
Emmanuel BarrouyerEmmanuel BarrouyerPrincipal of the college
Léa DruckerLéa DruckerCaroline, sister of François
Zineb TrikiZineb TrikiAgathe
Marie RémondMarie RémondCamille
Charles TemplonCharles TemplonSébastien
Tabono TandiaMaya
François Petit-PerrinRémi
Jeanne RosaJeanne RosaPrincipal Education Advisor
Mona Magdy FahimRim
Cheick SyllaMarvin
Laurent ClaretLaurent ClaretPierre Foucault, father of François
Nicole GuedenNicole GuedenMother of François
Jean-Pierre LoritJean-Pierre LoritChief of staff of the minister
Anne JacqueminAnne JacqueminMinister
Marie-Julie BaupMarie-Julie BaupHospital doctor
Grégoire PottonCabinet advisor

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