France,
1999, 117 min
Directed by:
Bertrand TavernierCinematography:
Alain ChoquartCast:
Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci, Emmanuelle Bercot, Christine Citti, Didier Bezace, Michelle Goddet, Gérard Giroudon, Thierry Gibault (more)Plots(1)
Bertrand Tavernier makes the everyday electric with this compelling portrait of a teacher and administrator struggling to make a difference in a system plagued by institutional paralysis, blinded bureaucracy, and the desperate living conditions of the parents of his students. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Philippe Torreton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/811/163811991_73a683.png)
Philippe Torreton
France
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Guilty (2011)
Ulzhan (2007)
Mood Indigo (2013)
![Maria Pitarresi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278882_5d0e9f.jpg)
Maria Pitarresi
Best movies:
New Wave (1990)
Une villa pour deux (2003) (TV movie)
My Father Saved My Life (2001)
![Nadia Kaci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/278/162278064_071a0c.png)
Nadia Kaci
Best movies:
Papicha (2019)
I Still Hide to Smoke (2016)
It All Starts Today (1999)
![Emmanuelle Bercot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/244/163244160_220722.png)
Emmanuelle Bercot
France
Best movies:
Class Trip (1998)
My King (2015)
Polisse (2011)
![Christine Citti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/768/160768839_6ba890.jpg)
Christine Citti
Best movies:
The Page Turner (2006)
It All Starts Today (1999)
The King's Cake (1986)
![Didier Bezace](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528491_066447.png)
Didier Bezace
France
Best movies:
The Little Thief (1988)
Love Is in the Air (2005)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Michelle Goddet
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
Le Skylab (2011)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Gérard Giroudon
Best movies:
It All Starts Today (1999)
Thierry Gibault
Best movies:
Amelie (2001)
La Vie en rose (2007)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Nathalie Bécue
Best movies:
Anything for Her (2008)
The Public Woman (1984)
It All Starts Today (1999)
![Christina Crevillén](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393957_1cba22.jpg)
Christina Crevillén
Best movies:
My Father Saved My Life (2001)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Maigret (1991) (series)
![Sylviane Goudal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393940_1ae8e1.jpg)
Sylviane Goudal
Best movies:
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Marie Humbert, le secret d'une mère (2006) (TV movie)
Courted (2015)
![Françoise Bette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/457/160457997_ea27e6.jpg)
Françoise Bette
Belgium
Best movies:
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
Jury of One (1974)
I... For Icarus (1979)
Stefan Elbaum
Best movies:
Guerreros (2002)
A Self-Made Hero (1996)
Oh, Woe Is Me (1993)
Marief Guittier
Best movies:
It All Starts Today (1999)
Paris 05:59 (2016)
Françoise Miquelis
Best movies:
It All Starts Today (1999)
8 Times Up (2009)
Cash (2008)