The Teacher (2017 film)
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| The Teacher | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3.8 million [1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million [2] |
The Teacher (French: Les Grands Esprits) is a 2017 French film written and directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal, and starring Denis Podalydès.[3]
Synopsis
One day, when he declares that only an experimented 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.
Cast
- Denis Podalydès : François Foucault
- Abdoulaye Diallo : Seydou
- Tabono Tandia : Maya
- Pauline Huruguen : Chloé, François' colleague
- Alexis Moncorgé : Gaspard, Chloé's partner
- Charles Templon : Sébastien
- Léa Drucker : Caroline, François' sister
- Zineb Triki : Agathe
- Mona Magdy Fahim : Rim
- Emmanuel Barrouyer : the school principal
- François Petit-Perrin : Rémi
- Jean-Pierre Lorit : the Ministry of Education Official
- Marie-Julie Baup : the doctor at the Hospital
- Cheick Sylla : Marvin
- Marie Rémond : Camille
- Laurent Claret : Pierre Foucault
- Émilie Gavois-Kahn : The maid
About the film
- Denis Podalydès, who stars as a teacher in this film, also worked in the education sector for the movie Le Temps des porte-plumes by Daniel Duval (2006), where he was an elementary school teacher.
Soundtrack
The film's original soundtrack:[4]
- Glad I Waited - Polly Gibbons / Donald Black & Alexander Rudd
- Who Knows - Marion Black
- Peer Gynt - Edvard Grieg
- Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Doris Day / Osvaldo Farres
- The Mole Man - Schwab
- VB Drop - Ronald Fritz & JOAT
- Digital Sunset Funk - Gary Royant
- Uptown Girl - David Lynch
- Bump Bump - Charles Kendall Gillette
- 100 days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Hipster Shakes – Black Pistol Fire
- Si maman si - France Gall / Michel Berger
- Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin
Related Article
References
- ^ http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=17308
- ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fLESGRANDSESPRITS01&country=FR&wk=2017W37&id=_fLESGRANDSESPRITS01&p=.htm
- ^ AlloCine. "Les Grands esprits". Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Les Grands esprits - la BO / Musique de Artistes variés / - Soundtrack :: Cinezik.fr". www.cinezik.org. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
External links
- The Teacher at IMDb