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- 2012
- PG-13
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 35 m
- 2012
- PG-13
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 35 m
Summary Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. (Music Box Films)
Directed By: Philippe Falardeau
Written By: Evelyne de la Chenelière, Philippe Falardeau
- 2012
- PG-13
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 35 m
- 2012
- PG-13
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 35 m
Monsieur Lazhar
7.6
Where to Watch
Summary Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. (Music Box Films)
Directed By: Philippe Falardeau
Written By: Evelyne de la Chenelière, Philippe Falardeau
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
82
94% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
6% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
82
94% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
6% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Monsieur Lazhar resembles a clear, clean glass of water: transparent, utterly devoid of gratuitous flavorings or frou-frou, and all the more bracing and essential for it.
Fellag, a comedian and himself an exile from Algeria, makes Lazhar both a sensitive and an amusing figure. And the kids are just terrific, especially Emilien Neron as a boy who carries the guilt of the whole school on his shoulders.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.6
83% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
12% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
7.6
83% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
12% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
A remarkably engrossing film on a number of levels. Set in a primary school in Quebec (Francophone) its characters are remarkably well-drawn whether they be students, teachers, or administrators. The psychological, political, and moral questions that arise because of a particular event in the school are handled with force but also tact. The performances and cinematography are superb.
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One of the qualities of Monsieur Lazhar is that it has no simple questions and simple answers. Its purpose is to present us with a situation, explore the people involved and show us a man who is dealing with his own deep hurts.
There are wonderful sequences strewn throughout, like the moment when Lazhar, at a school dance, begins to slowly sway to the music as if in a trance.
Artfully put together by writer-director Falardeau, Monsieur Lazhar shows us life in the round, illustrating the way humor, compassion and tragedy can all be elements of experience. Its emotional honesty is heartening, a lesson we are never too old to learn.
An understated story of coping with emotional blows that offers a compelling portrait of a decent man.
The movie is so discreet and respectful that, outside the classroom, within whose walls the glory of French literature and language triumph, it never quite comes to life. [16 April 2012, p. 86]
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É estranho olhar essa obra e perceber como ela aborda temas sérios de uma forma tão leve e genuína, onde a dor a perda são mostrada uma forma, digamos assim, " aceitável '' fugindo de toda sua morbidez solitária, sem brilho, dando lugar uma singela, e bonita história de tom poético, que passa muito bem sua belíssima mensagem.
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A deeply touching movie about loss, guilt and uprooting, it manages to address complex issues with elegance and subtlety, while avoiding the trap of sentimentality. The young actors are uniformly good and believable, and Falardeau's skillful and delicate direction fits remarkably well the tone and subject of its film. A work of great intelligence from one of Quebec most important director.
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A well-meaning, yet frustratingly modest study of grief and the appropriate methods for educating youths, "Monsieur Lazhar" is produced with careful hands, but written with sparse moments of catharsis throughout. The performances are quite impressive and the thematics are certainly consistent, but, again, a little "too little too late" for my tastes.
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Production Company
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),
Téléfilm Canada,
micro_scope
Release Date Apr 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Jutra Awards
• 8 Wins & 10 Nominations
Genie Awards
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
