School Life

Samia, a young educational consultant, arrives from the south of France to join a difficult middle school in the suburbs of Paris. She sees recurring problems with discipline that are a part of the area’s social reality. On the other hand, she appreciates the incredible vitality and sense of humour of both students and teachers. With Moussa and Dylan, two hall monitors who also master punchlines, she runs the School Life team that supervises students throughout the school year. Samia is passionate about her job and, assisted by the school’s teachers and her colleagues, she will do everything she can to motivate discouraged kids and to show them that a brighter future is possible. A comedy drama about problems of education and social determinism on the example of school life in Saint-Denis. (Warsaw Film Festival)