Veronica and Her Dunce (1959)

Original title

Véronique et son cancre

Directed by

Éric Rohmer

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

18 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Veronique tutors a troublesome boy. Their session sparks questions about school lessons and how difficult children are handled.

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What happens

Véronique et son cancre (Veronique and Her Dunce) is a short comedy film by Éric Rohmer, which he directed before his series of Six Moral Tales (Contes moraux). It records the meeting of a young woman called Véronique with a difficult boy she has been hired to tutor. The encounter raises questions about the value in later life of the teaching used in schools and about the treatment of children who are either unwilling or genuinely unable to learn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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