Un Métier Sérieux
Realistic and funny drama about the many challenges of a real job: being a teacher. Featuring a top French cast including François Cluzet and Adèle Exarchopoulos.It’s a new school year. Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Given his lack of future prospects, he accepts a position as a substitute teacher in a Parisian middle school. Without training or experience, he soon realises just how tough the teaching profession can be in an education system crippled by a chronic lack of resources. With the support and commitment of the other teachers, and a bit of luck, he will reconsider his vocation.
Having explored the world of medicine in several films, French director Thomas Lilti now focuses on the world of teaching. He shows the trials and passions of the teaching profession, a profession that is all too often undervalued. He realistically and convincingly portrays the challenges teachers face – such as a lack of resources, crumbling authority, and the balance between work and private life – but at the same time with a certain lightness and humour. The sublime acting of his cast consisting of top French actors gives the film an irresistible charm.