''The Teacher'' (French: ''Les Grands Esprits'') is a

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written and directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal, and starring

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Synopsis

One day, when he declares that only an experienced 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

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. He is then compelled to leave his posh school in

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and go to the suburbs, in the “Barbara” High School of

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, an institution with a bad reputation.

Cast

: François Foucault *

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: Seydou * Tabono Tandia : Maya * Pauline Huruguen : Chloé, François' colleague * Alexis Moncorgé : Gaspard, Chloé's partner * Charles Templon : Sébastien *

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: Caroline, François' sister *

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: Agathe * Mona Magdy Fahim : Rim * Emmanuel Barrouyer : the

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* François Petit-Perrin : Rémi *

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: the Ministry of Education Official *

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: the doctor at the Hospital * Cheick Sylla : Marvin * Marie Rémond : Camille *

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: Pierre Foucault *

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: The maid

About the film

, who stars as a teacher in this film, also worked in the education sector for the movie ''Le Temps des porte-plumes'' by

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(

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), where he was an elementary school teacher.

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack: * ''Glad I Waited'' - Polly Gibbons / Donald Black & Alexander Rudd * ''Who Knows'' -

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* ''Peer Gynt'' -

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* ''Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps'' -

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* ''The Mole Man'' - Schwab * ''VB Drop'' - Ronald Fritz & JOAT * ''Digital Sunset Funk'' - Gary Royant * ''Uptown Girl'' -

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* ''Bump Bump'' - Charles Kendall Gillette * ''100 days, 100 Nights'' -

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* ''Hipster Shakes'' –

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* '' Si maman si'' -

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* ''Those Were The Days'' -

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* '' The Class''

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