Anna is a young teacher assigned as a substitute at a challenging middle school in the suburbs of Paris. In her class, Lakhdar, a well-behaved and promising student, has suffered a medical mishap and lost the use of his right hand.
Acting
Demoustier's crushing silent guilt in every scene.
Direction
Tasma refuses easy answers, lets dread accumulate.
Writing
The accident that happens off-screen haunts everything.
Director
Alain Tasma
Anaïs Demoustier
Anna Kagan
Samy Seghir
Lakdar Abdane
Paul Bartel
Kevin
Leïla Bekhti
Zora
Laurent Stocker
Darbois
Ariane Ascaride
Seignol
Robin Renucci
Daniel Kagan
Patrick Catalifo
Vidal
Mireille Perrier
Catherine Kagan
Marilyne Canto
Sandoval
Djemel Barek
Ali
Théo Fernandez
Sydney
Xavier Hosten
Loïc
Jonathan Cohen
David Haddad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
French banlieue cinema often explores invisible class barriers; this adds education's complicity to the conversation.
The title refers to multiple breaks: Lakhdar's hand, Anna's moral compass, and the hairline crack between good intentions and irreversible harm.
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