Palme d’Or Film to screen in Fez

Cette semaine à l'Institut Français de Fès.

Cinéma : Entre les murs

Mercredi 11 février 2009, 19h, Médiathèque de l’institut

Un film de Laurent Cantet
Avec : François Bégaudeau Nassim Amrabt et Laura Baquela
Film français, 2008, 2h10min
François est un jeune professeur de français dans un collège difficile. Il n’hésite pas à affronter Esmeralda, Souleymane, Khoumba et les autres dans de stimulantes joutes verbales, comme si la langue elle-même était un véritable enjeu. Mais l’apprentissage de la démocratie peut parfois comporter de vrais risques.

Yes! It is true, the Institut Français de Fès is hosting a showing of the fabulous French film - Entre les murs (known in English as The Class), This extraordinary film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is worth making an effort to see.

The narrative unfolds inside a school in the working-class 20th arrondissement, a residential district on the city’s farthermost eastern edge. A rainbow coalition of sullen boys and mouthy girls ages 13 and 14, the students are meant to be learning the finer points of the French language, parsing the differences between the passé composé and the imparfait, distinctions that seem nearly as foreign to them as does the reedy young teacher down in front.

One of the most remarkable things about Entre les murs is that this quietly stubborn, prickly man is François Bégaudeau, who wrote the autobiographical novel on which the movie is based. But there is more. Entre les murs is brought alive by the performances of the non-professional actors playing the students. The filming (over an entire academic year) delivers a slice of life that is worth tasting.


The film is showing on Wednesday February 11 at 7pm at the Médiathèque de l’institut Français.

Contact : 33, Rue Loukili, B.P. 2277, Fès. Tél : 035 62 39 21 / 62 35 40 / Fax : 035 62 52 03
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Riad Dar Batha : 15, Salaj, Fès Médina. Tél : 035 63 67 13


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