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The Schoolyard (2007)

The Schoolyard poster
Original title
Les grands
Directed by
Chloé Leriche
Country
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young boys plan to stand up to a bully at their school. They learn there are painful reasons behind his behavior.

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What happens

The Schoolyard (French: Les Grands) is a Canadian short film, directed and written by Chloé Leriche and released in 2007. The film stars Robert Naylor, Jean-Carl Boucher and Antoine Marcotte as Tommy, Manu and Fabrice, three young boys who decide to confront their school bully, only to discover his hidden reasons for bullying others. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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