Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999)
(It All Starts Today)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 118m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci
Synopsis:
In an area of high unemployment in the French coalfields an infant school headmaster struggles to overcome inadequate social welfare assistance on the one hand and incompetent parenting on the other.
Review:
In the semi-documentary style of L-627, this is a sobering portrait of teachers giving the children love and attention they are mostly not getting at home. It's not that it pulls any punches or offers miraculous hope beyond the need to create a drama with some structure, but certain aspects are just too 'good to be true' to warrant comparison with Loach, say. Even so, it's a pretty convincing piece of political film-making.
(It All Starts Today)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 118m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci
Synopsis:
In an area of high unemployment in the French coalfields an infant school headmaster struggles to overcome inadequate social welfare assistance on the one hand and incompetent parenting on the other.
Review:
In the semi-documentary style of L-627, this is a sobering portrait of teachers giving the children love and attention they are mostly not getting at home. It's not that it pulls any punches or offers miraculous hope beyond the need to create a drama with some structure, but certain aspects are just too 'good to be true' to warrant comparison with Loach, say. Even so, it's a pretty convincing piece of political film-making.
(It All Starts Today)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 118m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Maria Pitarresi, Nadia Kaci
Synopsis:
In an area of high unemployment in the French coalfields an infant school headmaster struggles to overcome inadequate social welfare assistance on the one hand and incompetent parenting on the other.
Review:
In the semi-documentary style of L-627, this is a sobering portrait of teachers giving the children love and attention they are mostly not getting at home. It's not that it pulls any punches or offers miraculous hope beyond the need to create a drama with some structure, but certain aspects are just too 'good to be true' to warrant comparison with Loach, say. Even so, it's a pretty convincing piece of political film-making.