''Le Brio'' is a 2017 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Yvan Attal Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan S ...

Plot

Neïla lives in the Paris suburb

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with her mother and grandmother. She enrolls herself into Panthéon-Assas University in the hopes of becoming a lawyer, but meets with

public humiliation Public humiliation or public shaming is a form of punishment whose main feature is dishonoring or disgracing a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly used as a form of judicially sanctioned puni ...

tainted with racism from the controversial professor Mazard when she arrives late for one of his lectures. The incident finds its way online, and the dean of the law school catches wind of the incident and steps in, only to task the professor, as a means to make amends, to mentor Neïla for an upcoming debating/public speaking contest. Although Neïla finds Mazard cynical and exacting, she learns from him, and both of them have to overcome their prejudices during the course of working together.

Cast

Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ...

as Pierre Mazard, professor of law * Camélia Jordana as Neïla Salah, law student * Yasin Houicha as Mounir, Neïla's boyfriend, and driver * Nozha Khouadra as Neïla's mother *

Nicolas Vaude Nicolas Vaude (born 24 July 1962) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, rad ...

as the Président de Paris II-Panthéon Assas * Jean-Baptiste Lafarge as Benjamin, a law student *

Claude Perron Claude Perron (born 23 January 1966) is a French actress. Career Perron appeared in the role of Eva (Nino's colleague) in the 2001 film ''Amélie ''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous D ...

as the woman walking her dog * Virgil Leclaire as Keufran, a friend of Neïla * Zohra Benali as the grandmother of Neïla * Damien Zanoly as Jean Proutot, a law student * Jean-Philippe Puymartin as the chair of the competition * Paulette Joly as Madame Mazard

Background

The film was shot in Paris, at Panthéon-Assas university and Université Paris Nanterre, and the

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and the

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, in the 5th arrondissement. The scenes in the Paris métro where Neïla has to talk to indifferent passengers were filmed on Line 3bisLe métro parisien, star de cinéma (leparisien.fr, 6 May 2018, Jean-Gabriel Bontinck0
accessed 12 May 2018. Camélia Jordana received the meilleur espoir féminin in 2018; the film itself and Daniel Auteuil were also both nominated for Césars.

References

External links

* 2017 films 2010s French-language films 2017 comedy films Films directed by Yvan Attal French comedy films Pathé films 2010s French films {{2010s-France-film-stub