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Julien is a French teacher who is [[wrongly]] accused of [[harassment]] by a student, Leslie, and tries to prove his [[innocence]] while facing multiple pressures from the girl's brother and his classmates. This turns into a fire and sets the school [[ablaze]], while Julien seeks support among his colleagues and his superiors. But faced with the risk of [[conflagration]], silence reigns in the school. At the same time, he hides his homosexuality from his students and colleagues, until an intimate video begins to circulate at school and reveals his [[secret]], which ends up amplifying the [[spiral]] of [[violence]] of which he is the [[victim]]. |
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== Cast == |
Revision as of 23:21, 10 May 2024
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French | Pas de Vagues |
Directed by | Teddy Lussi-Modeste |
Written by |
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Produced by | |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Hichame Alaouié[2] |
Edited by | Guerric Catala[2] |
Music by | Jean-Benoît Dunckel[2] |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | |
Release dates | |
Running time | 92 minutes[2] |
Countries | |
Language | French[3] |
Budget | €3,9 million[3] |
The Good Teacher (French: Pas de Vagues, lit. 'No Waves') is a 2024 drama film[7] directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste from a screenplay he co-wrote with Audrey Diwan inspired by a true story that happened to the director in 2020, starring François Civil as a high school teacher who is wrongfully accused of sexual harassment by one of his students, a teenage girl, and must fight to prove his innocence.[3][1] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and had its world premiere at the Ramdam Festival in Belgium on 18 January 2024. It was released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam on 27 March 2024, and in Belgium by Cinéart on 3 April 2024.[6]
Plot
Julien is a French teacher who is wrongly accused of harassment by a student, Leslie, and tries to prove his innocence while facing multiple pressures from the girl's brother and his classmates. This turns into a fire and sets the school ablaze, while Julien seeks support among his colleagues and his superiors. But faced with the risk of conflagration, silence reigns in the school. At the same time, he hides his homosexuality from his students and colleagues, until an intimate video begins to circulate at school and reveals his secret, which ends up amplifying the spiral of violence of which he is the victim.
Cast
- François Civil as Julien[7]
- Shaïn Boumedine as Walid[2]
- Bakary Kebe as Modibo[2]
- Toscane Duquesne as Leslie[2]
- Marianne Ehouman as Roxana[2]
- Mallory Wanecque as Océane[2]
- Agnès Hurstel as Laura[7]
- Luna Ho Poumey as Erica[2]
- Emma Boumali as Sihem[2]
- Mohamed Fadiga as Yassine[2]
- Jawed Atik as Mohamed-Amine[2]
- Estevan Marchenoir as Theo[2]
- Myriam Djeljeli as Nora[2]
- Emilie Incerti-Formentini as Claire[2]
- Mustapha Abourachid as Nasser[2]
- Armindo Alves de Sa as Steve[2]
- Francis Leplay as Musil[2]
- Fadily Camara as Fatou[2]
- Walid Afkir as Oumar[2]
- Djilali Redjal as Gaspard[2]
- Malo Chanson-Demange as Kylian[9]
- Aaron Yapo as Glendy[9]
- Mia Yapo as Sara[9]
- Douglas Grauwels as Philippe[9]
Production
Development
The screenplay was co-written by Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Audrey Diwan,[1] inspired by Lussi-Modeste's own experience when he was a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, and was wrongfully accused of harassing a 13-year-old female student in 2020.[10] "All the teachers then went on strike, there were death threats, complaints to the police station...", explained the film's producer, Jean-Christophe Reymond, on what happened to Lussi-Modeste at the time.[10]
The film is part of the movement for teachers' freedom of speech in the face of the feeling of abandonment by their hierarchy.[11]
The working title was originally Cueillez votre jeunesse in 2021,[12][13] and it was later changed to La Plainte in 2022.[10] It was shot under the title Pas de Vague in 2022,[14][13] before being renamed again as Pas de Vagues in July 2023.[15]
François Civil was announced in the lead role on 20 May 2022.[10] On 11 July 2022, it was reported that the project was granted an advance on receipts by the CNC.[16]
The Good Teacher was co-produced by France's Kazak Productions[1] and Belgium's Frakas Productions.[3][8] The score was composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel.[2] International sales are handled by the Paris-based company Indie Sales.[1] The first image from the film was unveiled on 9 May 2023.[1] The film was introduced to buyers at the 2023 Cannes Film Market with an exclusive promo-reel.[1]
Filming
Principal photography began in Paris on 9 November 2022 and wrapped on 10 December 2022.[17][3]
Release
The Good Teacher had its world premiere at the Ramdam Festival in Tournai,[18] Belgium on 18 January 2024.[5] The film was originally set to be released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam in the fall of 2023,[1] but the release date was pushed back to 27 March 2024.[6] It was released in Belgium by Cinéart on 3 April 2024.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Keslassy, Elsa (9 May 2023). "Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Pas de Vagues". Ad Vitam (in French). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pas de Vague" (PDF). taxshelter.be (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Pas de vagues". Cinéart (in French). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Pas de Vagues". Ramdam Festival (in French). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "The Good Teacher de Teddy-Lussi Modeste". Unifrance. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "The Good Teacher - Directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste". Indie Sales. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Pas de Vague". Frakas Productions (in French). Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Casting de Pas de Vagues". Écran Large (in French). Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "L'après-"Titane" de Kazak Productions". Le Film Français. 20 May 2022. p. 14. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
- ^ Valmary, Chloé (13 February 2024). "Pas de vagues : François Civil comme vous ne l'avez jamais vu dans ce film choc sur le milieu scolaire" [Pas de vagues : François Civil as you've never seen him in this shocking film about the school environment]. CinéSérie (in French). Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Aide au développement de projets d'œuvres cinématographiques de longue durée : résultats de la commission des 11 et 15 octobre 2021". CNC.fr (in French). 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b Lavallée, Eric (9 January 2023). "Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #159. Teddy Lussi-Modeste's Pas de vague". Ioncinema. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Casting figurants à Paris, 20 à 40 ans, pour le film "Pas de Vague" réalisé par Teddy Lussi-Modeste avec François Civil". Book Me (in French). 30 September 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Ad Vitam précise son line-up du premier trimestre 2024" [Ad Vitam announces its line-up for the first quarter of 2024]. Boxoffice Pro (in French). 17 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (11 July 2022). "Sofia Djama's A Quarter To Thursday In Algiers scoops an advance on receipts". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Casting Paris : femmes et hommes de 20 à 40 ans pour un film avec François Civil". Figurants.com (in French). 26 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Lepoutte, Pascal (20 December 2023). "Le Tournai Ramdam Festival est devenu "une grosse machine"". L’Avenir (in French). Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
External links
- The Good Teacher at IMDb
- The Good Teacher at AlloCiné (in French)
- The Good Teacher at Unifrance
- Official trailer on YouTube (in French)
- 2024 films
- 2020s French films
- 2024 drama films
- French drama films
- Belgian drama films
- 2020s French-language films
- French-language Belgian films
- Films directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
- Films with screenplays by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
- Films with screenplays by Audrey Diwan
- French films based on actual events
- Films about educators
- Films about teacher–student relationships
- Films about scandalous teacher–student relationships
- Films about sexual harassment
- Fiction about false allegations of sex crimes
- Films about lying
- Films set in schools
- Films set in France
- Films shot in Paris
- Ad Vitam (company) films
- French independent films
- Belgian independent films