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Mood:
- ContemplativeSincereTouchingThought ProvokingUpliftingFeel GoodSentimentalBittersweet
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- Human NatureFriendshipParents and ChildrenStudents LifeYouthFriendsSocial RelationsTeachers and Students more...
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- ForeignDocumentaryDrama
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- Contemporary
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To Be and To Have , 2002
French
France
Profile of To Be and To Have
To Be and To Have can be described as uplifting, thought provoking, and contemplative. The plot revolves around student life, social relations, and human nature. The main genres are foreign, documentary, and drama. In approach, To Be and To Have is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the countryside and in a small town. It is located in France. To Be and To Have takes place in contemporary times.
Summary of To Be and To Have
At a rural school in the Auvergne region of France, teacher Georges Lopez presides over a class of thirteen children, ages 4 to 11. Lopez teaches the different age groups separate lessons, making rounds to ensure that each child understands the task at hand--whether it is coloring a picture, learning math, or making crepes. Problems do arise, though--one student is threatened with missing playtime if his work isn't finished, shoving matches must be mediated, and another student appears to have a significant problem communicating. Lopez, a 20-year teaching veteran on the verge of retirement, is a model of sensitivity and understanding in dealing with the children. Never raising his voice and never talking down to them, the trust and respect they have for him is as palpable as his affection for them. Director Nicholas Philibert's camera is a casual observer, choosing to capture, in an unfettered manner, Lopez's special way with the students--whether explaining to them that he will be retiring soon, or diffusing a long-running rivalry between two of the oldest boys. Inspiring, meditative, and delightful, TO BE AND TO HAVE is a bittersweet portrait of a man in the noblest of professions.
Details
| Language: | French |
| Country: | France |
| Release date: | 20 November 2003 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as The teacher
as Herself
as Himself
as Himself
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
So superb, so graceful, so strong -- another beauty in this year of good documentaries -- that I do believe it will influence career choices, sending inspired viewers to study pedagogy, or cinematography.
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Variety
Any negative stereotypes viewers might harbor about education in rural communities are sent packing by this magnificently lensed and cumulatively touching account from documaker Nicolas Philibert.
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- by: Lisa Nesselson
