A French language film set in Montreal, Canada.
A very muted movie, but gripping all the same, is about an Algerian immigrant seeking asylum in Canada working in a primary school where children were traumatized by a recent suicide of their popular teacher in her school class room. He connects with them and ESP with a girl who thinks that another classmate is responsible for the teacher's suicide, while the boy himself is wracked by feelings of guilt for the same event. But the drama comes through quietly without the least drama and this is what is remarkable about this film. The teacher is dismissed from school on complaints from parents for discussing the subject of suicide in class where, in fact, he was only helping them overcome their problems of conflict (where the professional psychologist engaged for the purpose fails).
A very muted movie, but gripping all the same, is about an Algerian immigrant seeking asylum in Canada working in a primary school where children were traumatized by a recent suicide of their popular teacher in her school class room. He connects with them and ESP with a girl who thinks that another classmate is responsible for the teacher's suicide, while the boy himself is wracked by feelings of guilt for the same event. But the drama comes through quietly without the least drama and this is what is remarkable about this film. The teacher is dismissed from school on complaints from parents for discussing the subject of suicide in class where, in fact, he was only helping them overcome their problems of conflict (where the professional psychologist engaged for the purpose fails).
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