A group of teenagers, under the guise of celebrating their headmistress’s birthday, turn into her tormentors. They have been cheating all year and plan to steal Baccalaureat answers to pass without effort. The night unfolds with a tense blackmail situation as they hold the headmistress hostage.
Acting
Carmen Maura's restrained terror against entitled chaos.
Direction
Silvera traps you in that apartment with no escape.
Director
Charlotte Silvera
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Baccalaureat is France's academic sacred cow; making it the heist target is inherently subversive.
Silvera deliberately cast theater actors to heighten the staged, performative cruelty of the hostage dynamic.
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