La journée de la jupe (2008)

Original title

La Journée de la jupe

Directed by

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

16

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school teacher takes her class hostage after being threatened by a student. The standoff becomes a public crisis as she airs her frustrations about the school system.

tenseclaustrophobicconfrontationalsuspensefulgrittyemotionalunsettlingintense

What happens

La Journée de la jupe (Skirt Day) is a 2008 French film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring Isabelle Adjani as a high school teacher, a role which earned the actress the 2010 César award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. A key point of the plot of the movie happened in real life: a request was sent to the French Minister of Education to propose a Skirt Day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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