A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Social & External
The people behind it
Isabelle Adjani
Sonia Bergerac
Denis Podalydès
Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Jackie Berroyer
Principal
Yann Collette
Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
Nathalie Besançon
Minister of the Interior
Marc Citti
Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
Yann Ebongé
Student Mouss M'Diop
Kévin Azaïs
Student Sébastien Lenoir
Sonia Amori
Student Nawel Jabli
Khalid Berkouz
Student Mehmet
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A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
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A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
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