A Revision (2021)

Original title

Une révision

Directed by

Catherine Therrien

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A philosophy professor questions his own beliefs after intense debates with a Muslim student. Their conversations force him to confront the limits of his worldview.

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What happens

A Revision (French: Une révision) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Catherine Therrien and released in 2021. The film stars Patrice Robitaille as Étienne Brasseur, a philosophy professor who undergoes a crisis of faith after interacting with Nacira Abdeli (Nour Belkhiria), a Muslim student who debates and challenges his values. The film's cast also includes Rabah Aït Ouyahia, Pierre Curzi, Vincent Bellefleur, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Édith Cochrane, Isabelle Giroux, Michel Laperrière, Rose-Marie Perreault, Ralph Prosper and Joe Rohayem. The film premiered at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival in August 2021, and had its Canadian premiere on November 2, 2021, as the opening film of the Cinemania film festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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