Les Profs (2013)
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Jules Ferry High School is the worst performing school in France.  Only twelve per cent of its students get to pass their baccalaureate, and so far every attempt to improve this lamentable record has failed disastrously. The Inspector of Schools is ready to admit defeat but he agrees to make one last-ditch attempt to rescue the school before he gives up and has it closed down.  Taking the advice of his deputy, he decides to fight fire with fire, by recruiting the worst teachers imaginable.  Well, desperate situations call for desperate measures...

It seems there is no shortage of bad teachers looking for work.  Within no time, the French school from Hell is equipped with the most tyrannical English teacher on the planet, Glady, and an educator who is so hopeless  that he has failed to pass his teaching diploma eighteen times.  It looks like a recipe for disaster - the worst of teachers tasked with educating the worst of pupils, but at least the conscience of the schools inspector can rest easily when the experiment fails.  And if the school's exams record doesn't show a marked improvement he is more than justified in having the school bulldozed to the ground.  Every nightmare must end sooner or later - in theory...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval
  • Script: Mathias Gavarry, Pierre-François Martin-Laval
  • Cinematographer: Régis Blondeau
  • Music: Matthieu Gonet
  • Cast: Christian Clavier (Cutiro), Isabelle Nanty (Gladys), Pierre-François Martin-Laval (Antoine Polochon), Kev Adams (Boulard), François Morel (L'inspecteur adjoint), Arnaud Ducret (Eric), Stefi Celma (Amina, prof de français), Raymond Bouchard (Maurice, prof de philo), Fred Tousch (Albert, prof de chimie), Nicolas Beaucaire (Mr. Blondeau), Jean-Louis Barcelona, M'Barek Belkouk, Grégoire Bonnet, Christophe Canard, Fabienne Chaudat, Marie-Laure Descoureaux, Yvonne Gradelet, Sylvie Huguel, Amine Lansari, Gwendal Marimoutou
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 88 min

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