Comedy · France · 1981 · 1h 35m

The School Teacher

Le Maître d'école

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Director
Claude Berri
Cast
Coluche as Gérard Barbier Josiane Balasko as Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher Jacques Debary as School Director Roland Giraud as Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher Charlotte de Turckheim as Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée André Chaumeau as Educational Advisor
Crew
Colin Mounier — Director of Photography Hervé de Luze — Editor Arlette Langmann — Editor Claude Engel — Original Music Composer Claude Berri — Writer Jules Celma — Writer
Synopsis

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

Mood & Themes
substitute teacherelementary schoolwoodsco-workers relationshipdisciplineschool teacherlessonhomework1980ssyndicatedepressed womanpupils
Key Collaborators
Claude Berri Director Colin Mounier Director of Photography Hervé de Luze Editor Arlette Langmann Editor Claude Engel Original Music Composer Claude Berri Writer Jules Celma Writer Christian Vallerin Production Design Claire Fraisse Costume Design
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