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The Teacher (French: Les Grands Esprits ) is a 2017 French film written and directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal in his feature-length directorial debut . It stars Denis Podalydes . ^[3]

Synopsis [ edit ]

One day, when he declares that only an experienced teacher should be sent to schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods, Francois Foucault, himself a teacher in letters in the prestigious Henri IV French high school , is overheard by a representative of the Ministry of Education . He is then compelled to leave his posh school in Paris and go to the suburbs, in the “Barbara” High School of Stains , an institution with a bad reputation.

Cast [ edit ]

• Denis Podalydes as Francois Foucault
• Abdoulaye Diallo as Seydou
• Tabono Tandia as Maya
• Pauline Huruguen as Chloe, Francois' colleague
• Alexis Moncorge as Gaspard, Chloe's partner
• Charles Templon as Sebastien
• Lea Drucker as Caroline, Francois' sister
• Zineb Triki as Agathe
• Mona Magdy Fahim as Rim
• Emmanuel Barrouyer as the school principal
• Francois Petit-Perrin as Remi
• Jean-Pierre Lorit as the Ministry of Education Official
• Marie-Julie Baup as the doctor at the Hospital
• Cheick Sylla as Marvin
• Marie Remond as Camille
• Laurent Claret as Pierre Foucault
• Emilie Gavois-Kahn as The maid

About the film [ edit ]

• Denis Podalydes , who stars as a teacher in this film, also worked in the education sector for the movie Le Temps des porte-plumes by Daniel Duval ( 2006 ), where he was an elementary school teacher.

Soundtrack [ edit ]

The film's original soundtrack: ^[4]

• Glad I Waited - Polly Gibbons / Donald Black & Alexander Rudd
• Who Knows - Marion Black
• Peer Gynt - Edvard Grieg
• Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Doris Day / Osvaldo Farres
• The Mole Man - Schwab
• VB Drop - Ronald Fritz & JOAT
• Digital Sunset Funk - Gary Royant
• Uptown Girl - David Lynch
• Bump Bump - Charles Kendall Gillette
• 100 days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
• Hipster Shakes ? Black Pistol Fire
• Si maman si - France Gall / Michel Berger
• Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin

See also [ edit ]

• The Class

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• The Teacher at IMDb