Monsieur Lazhar
Pan Lazhar · dir. Philippe Falardeau
Canada 2011, 94’
Screenings
10/23, 18:00 · Kino Centrum
Trailer
In Montreal, an elementary school teacher dies abruptly. Having learned of the incident in the newspaper, Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. Quickly hired to replace the deceased, he finds himself in an establishment in crisis, while going through his own personal tragedy. The cultural gap between Bachir and his class is made immediately apparent when he gives them a dictation exercise that is beyond their reach. Little by little, Bachir learns to better know this group of shaken but endearing kids.
| Director: | Philippe Falardeau |
| Screenplay: | Philippe Falardeau |
| Music: | Martin Léon |
| Cinematography: | Ronald Plante |
| Editing: | Stéphane LaFleur |
| Cast: | Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart |
| Awards: | Najlepszy Kanadyjski Film Pełnometrażowy / Best Canadian Feature Film – MFF w Toronto / IFF in Toronto (2011); Nagroda Art Cinema Award / Art Cinema Award – MFF w Hamburgu / Hamburg FF (2011); Nominowany jako kanadyjski kandydat do 85 edycji rozdania Oskarów w kategorii Najlepszy Film Obcojęzyczny / Selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Award |
2012 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- Smita Patil’s retrospective
- Phenomena: Blaxploitation
- New Austrian Cinema
- New Philippine cinema
- New Hungarian Cinema
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