To Be and to Have

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-28

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (6376 Reviews)

Director:

Nicolas Philibert

Genres:

Documentary Family

Cast:

Georges Lopez Alizè Axel Thouvenin Guillaume

Fullplot:

How do we learn to live with others and their wishes? Director Nicolas Philibert poses this question in a village schoolhouse in Auvergne, where Georges Lopez teaches 13 children, ages ranging from about four to 12. Against a landscape of mountains and farmland, from driving snow to rain to sun, the children gather in Lopez's warm and colorful classroom, to read, write dictation, cook, and sort things out. At home, the older ones do homework with parents after their chores. At year's end, they look ahead to the next, visiting the middle school and meeting the little ones coming in the fall. As they learn sums and adjectives, with Lopez's help, they also learn to live side by side.

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