School Life

Aug 28, 2019

1h 51m

★ 6.9

Overview

In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Mandarin Production

Kallouche Cinéma

Gaumont

France 3 Cinéma

School Life Trailers

Cast

Samia Zibra

Zita Hanrot

Yanis Bensaadi

Liam Pierron

Messaoud Boufarra, the math teacher

Soufiane Guerrab

Moussa

Moussa Mansaly

Dylan

Alban Ivanov

Thierry Bouchard, the history-geography teacher

Antoine Reinartz

Redouane, the sports teacher

Redouane Bougheraba

Seïkou

Bakary Diombera

The teacher too beautiful

Adèle Galloy

Kevin

Gaspard Gevin-Hié

Farid, the liar

Hocine Mokando

Issa

Moryfère Camara

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