''School Life'' () is a 2019 French teen

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film written and directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir. The film stars Liam Pierron,

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and Moussa Monsaly in the lead roles. The film was released in France on 28 August 2019 and received positive reviews from critics becoming a box office success. The film was streamed via

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on 10 April 2020. It also received a number of awards and nominations at international film festivals.

Plot summary

The new vice principal of a middle school in the suburb of

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, Saint-Denis, Samia is warned by her fellow teachers that students are unmotivated and do not abide by discipline. She sees things in a completely different manner compared to others. However, when she gets to know the students, especially Yanis who is quite sharp and intelligent but disillusioned by a world that seems to have turned its back on him and his family, she tries her best to help him become more motivated to improve his grades and pursue a future in film.

Cast

* Liam Pierron as Yanis Bensaadi *

as Samia Zibra * Moussa Mansaly as Moussa * Alban Ivanov as Dylan *

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as Messaoud * Antoine Reinartz as Thierry Bouchard * Hocine Mokando as Farid Hammoudi

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2019 films 2010s French-language films 2010s Arabic-language films French comedy-drama films Netflix original films 2019 comedy-drama films Films about education Films about educators Films about teacher–student relationships Films set in schools 2019 multilingual films French multilingual films 2010s French films