
School Life(2019)
In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.


To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.

Gérard Depardieu
Laurent Monier

Ticky Holgado
Baudoin

Michèle Laroque
Hélène Monier

Souad Amidou
Radhia

Guy Marchand
Gauthier

Philippe Khorsand
Le concierge

Daniel Prévost
Un voisin

Roschdy Zem
Ahmed Raouch

Ouassini Embarek
Mouloud

Mouss Diouf
Momo
The Best Job in the World is a comedy, drama film released in 1996 exploring themes of ghetto, big family, delinquency, annecy, mistress, middle school. Directed by Gérard Lauzier, it stars Gérard Depardieu, Ticky Holgado, Michèle Laroque. To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.
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