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| 2016 – 105′ – Drama,\u00a0History, Coming of Age, War.
\nWritten by:\u00a0Ahmed Dram\u00e9, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.
\nDirected by:\u00a0Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.
\nStarring:\u00a0Ariane Ascaride, Ahmed Dram\u00e9, No\u00e9mie Merlant,\u00a0Genevi\u00e8ve Mnich,\u00a0Wendy Nieto,\u00a0A\u00efmen Derriachi,\u00a0Mohamed Seddiki,\u00a0St\u00e9phane Bak.
\nC\u00e9sar Award 2016 Nomination for Best Promising Actor (Ahmed Dram\u00e9).
\nOfficial Competition\u00a0COLCOA 2015\u00a0<\/b>(Audience Special Prize winner).
\nIn French with English subtitles.
\nA Menemsha Films release. |<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the Leon Blum High School, history teacher Anne Gueguen has to face her worst nightmare, a classroom full of distracted and unruly school \u201crejects\u201d \u2013 the ones other teachers have given up on. This racially and religiously diverse group of struggling but tough inner-city kids seem to only agree on one thing: history is a boring subject with no relevance in their everyday lives.\u00a0 Anne has a quality that these students don\u2019t encounter often \u2013 she actually cares about them, and she has an idea that she hopes will inspire them.\u00a0 Over the objections of the head of the school, she challenges the class to enter a national history contest with a project on Children and Teenage victims of the Nazi Regime. It\u2019s a long shot at best, because the contest is usually won by more dedicated students from better schools, but a visit from a special guest gives them a fighting chance. Based on a true story, this inspirational drama was co-written by twenty-one year old Ahmed Dram\u00e9, who was part of the original class, and plays Malik in the film.
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