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* PlotHole: The entire third act of the film turns on the idea that two students would, for some reason, be allowed to attend a teacher conference in which the faculty debates how to discipline all the other students. This is a not actually a plot hole as, in France, students' representatives are allowed to assis to those kind of conferences between teacher (Called Conseil de classe ou Conseil de Discipline depending on the context)
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* PlotHole: The entire third act of the film turns on the idea that two students would, for some reason, be allowed to attend a teacher conference in which the faculty debates how to discipline all the other students.
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* PlotHole: The entire third act of the film turns on the idea that two students would, for some reason, be allowed to attend a teacher conference in which the faculty debates how to discipline all the other students. This is a not actually a plot hole as, in France, students' representatives are allowed to assis to those kind of conferences between teacher (Called Conseil de classe ou Conseil de Discipline depending on the context)
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* BlindingBangs: The goth kid has literal blinding bangs that completely obscure his eyes. How he avoids bumping into things is not explained.
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* {{Goth}}: The goth kid, who specifically says he dresses goth because he is gloomy. He has the standard pale skin and dark clothing and combines it with BlindingBangs, gives a talk in front of the class where he defends his look as trying to be an individual and that if the class were 22 goth kids and one other, then the one "other" kid wouldn't be as quick to pick on the goths. Francois challenges him, asking how he is being an individual if he is adopting a standard look.
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* EyesOutOfSight: The goth kid has bangs that completely obscure his eyes. How he avoids bumping into things is not explained.
* {{Goth}}: The goth kid, who specifically says he dresses goth because he is gloomy. He has the standard pale skin and dark clothing and combines it withBlindingBangs, bangs, gives a talk in front of the class where he defends his look as trying to be an individual and that if the class were 22 goth kids and one other, then the one "other" kid wouldn't be as quick to pick on the goths. Francois challenges him, asking how he is being an individual if he is adopting a standard look.
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* SchoolStudyMedia: In-universe the pupils have to read ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl''. The film itself is also studied in RealLife classrooms.
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A 2008 French film ("Entre les Murs" in the original, meaning "Between the Walls"). The character of the protagonist is largely based on the experiences of the French and literature teacher François Bégaudeau in a school in an arrondissement of Paris. It shows his struggles with the often difficult but also very likeable and interesting kids. Bégaudeau himself plays the role of the teacher M. Marin. It's also almost like watching a documentary, it feels as if you're actually peeking into the classroom.
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It is a year in the life of, well, a class. François Marin is a French
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* DownerEnding: A low-key one, but still. Francois fails to reach the problem student, who is expelled. He fails to reach the rude, insolent girl, who specifically says that while she did learn stuff during the year--in fact, she read Plato's ''Republic'', of all things--she learned nothing in his class and the books he assigns are shit. None of the kids in Francois's class, in fact, mention ''his'' class as a place they learned anything, and one girl comes up to him after class is dismissed specifically to say she didn't learn anything at all that year.
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Francois has to retreat to the cafeteria to smoke after a nasty argument with the hellions that make up his class--and then the lunch lady tells him he has to put the cigarette out.
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* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: The teacher who announces her pregnancy pops a bottle of champagne for the other teachers but says she will only have "a drop".
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* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: The teacher who announces her pregnancy pops a bottle of champagne for the other teachers but says she will only have "a drop". Then averted when she in fact downs a whole glass.
* PlotHole: The entire third act of the film turns on the idea that two students would, for some reason, be allowed to attend a teacher conference in which the faculty debates how to discipline all the other students.
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* SliceOfLife: There is no real dramatic arc, although there is at least the theme of Francois trying to get through to his unruly students and mostly failing. It's simply a portrait of a year at a high school.
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* BlindingBangs: The goth kid has literal blinding bangs that completely obscure his eyes. How he avoids bumping into things is not explained.
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* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: The teacher who announces her pregnancy pops a bottle of champagne for the other teachers but says she will only have "a drop".
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* InnerCitySchool: A white schoolteacher tries to connect with and educate his lower-income, ethnically mixed students. He mostly fails.
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* IntroDump: The old and new teachers introduce themselves to each other and the audience at the start of term, in the second scene. Francois is last.
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The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, as well as some other awards and making it into many top 10 of 2008 lists.
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A 2008 French film ("Entre les Murs" in the original, meaning "Between the Walls"). The character of the protagonist is largely based on the experiences of the French and literature teacher François Bégaudeau in a school in an arrondissement of Paris. It shows his struggles with the often difficult but also very likeable and interesting kids. Bégaudeau himself plays the role of the teacher M. Marin. It's also almost like watching a documentary, it feels as if you're actually peeking into the classroom.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, as well as some other awards and making it into many top 10 of 2008 lists.
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!!This film includes examples of:
* AsianAndNerdy: Wei does particularly well at math and works hard to improve his weaker subjects. His parents are concerned that he is pushing himself too far.
* BerserkButton: Esmeralda remains a distant snarker for most of the class until [[spoiler:Francois calls her a skank.]]
* BigGame: Averted. Unlike many films about education (especially in the US), there is no high-stakes test (''Stand and Deliver''), dance contest (''Take the Lead''), karate tournament (''The Karate Kid''), or other goal for the students to work toward under their teacher's wise guidance in order to overcome their humble origins and society's prejudices. Instead, it's just another school year.
* {{Determinator}}: Francois is determined not only to educate his students, but to discover what gets his students to tick and from that want to learn more from their class.
* EducationMama: Inverted. Wei's parents are worried that he pushes himself too hard in his schoolwork.
* ExactWords: Francois tries to backpedal out of the fact that [[spoiler:he lost his temper and called two of his students "skanks"]] by claiming [[spoiler:he only said their actions made them ''look'' like skanks.]] Nobody cares.
* MightyWhitey: Averted (see also SaveOurStudents below).
* MistakenForGay: Francois finds out some of his students think he's gay. He takes it pretty calmly however, and just prods those who think so by asking them why they'd have a problem with it if he is. It's not enough to tame his students for good, but enough to shut the rumors up.
* TheQuietOne: Henriette, who only speaks up at the end of the film to say she didn't learn anything.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Esmeralda and her friend Khoumba to an extent.
* SaveOurStudents: A deconstruction. For once, the white teacher isn't able to single-handly save his minority students and [[spoiler:Souleymane is expelled.]]
* SchoolIsForLosers: Kind of the attitude of Soulyemane and his friends in the beginning.
* SchoolStudyMedia: In-universe the pupils have to read ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl''. The film itself is also studied in RealLife classrooms.
* WorldOfSnark
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