Skirt Day

Nov 9, 2008

1h 28m

★ 7.1

Overview

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fontana

RTBF

ARTE

Mascaret Films

Skirt Day Trailers

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Cast

Sonia Bergerac

Isabelle Adjani

Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator

Denis Podalydès

Principal

Jackie Berroyer

Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior

Yann Collette

Minister of the Interior

Nathalie Besançon

Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband

Marc Citti

Student Mouss M'Diop

Yann Ebongé

Student Sébastien Lenoir

Kévin Azaïs

Student Nawel Jabli

Sonia Amori

Student Mehmet

Khalid Berkouz

Student Farid

Karim Zakraoui

Student Farida Nasri

Sarah Douali

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