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Monsieur Lazhar

OT: Bachir Lazhar

Philippe Falardeau // Canada, 2011
Fiction Feature // FF2011

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CLOSING FILM Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant in Canada, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir’s painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne de la Cheneliere’s play, Monsieur Lazhar depicts the encounter between two distant worlds and the power of self-expression.

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Bachir Lazhar

Fiction Feature

Arabic, English, French

Voilà!//FF2011


Canada

2011

94 min

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Philippe Falardeau

Philippe Falardeau (nach Bashir Lazhar von Évelyne de la Chenelière)

Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Brigitte Poupart

Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Ronald Plante

Stéphane Lafleur

Martin Léon

Emmanuel Frechette

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