

Six minutes to break your heart about why we don't deserve teachers.
A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small city in the North of France and her experience of the profession.
Cinematography
Northern France's gray beauty becomes a character itself.
Direction
Capart's restraint lets silence speak volumes.

Director
Augustine Capart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
French 'country schools' (écoles rurales) have dwindled from 40,000 in 1960 to under 4,000 today.
Capart filmed this during her own teaching practicum—Elisabeth was her mentor.