Graduate First (1978)

Original title

Passe ton bac d'abord...

Directed by

Maurice Pialat

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of teenagers in a mining town in northern France as they navigate their final years of high school. They face an uncertain future marked by high unemployment and struggle between their personal desires and the pressure to graduate.

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What happens

Graduate First (French: Passe ton bac d'abord) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Sabine Haudepin. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens, in a region profoundly affected by unemployment – the students, from modest backgrounds, try to forget their fears of what tomorrow will bring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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