A teacher makes one mistake and France loses its collective mind. Chaos ensues.
Julie Lerrère, a young teacher in a difficult school, tries to help troubled teenagers, but makes a mistake. Excluded, a student falls under her spell.
Acting
Clotilde Courau commits to the chaos with uncomfortable conviction.
Direction
Boisset leans into the sleaze with almost documentary detachment.
Director
Yves Boisset
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This sparked real debate in France about female teachers and male students, revealing deep double standards in moral panics.
Clotilde Courau later became Princess of Venice through marriage—quite the career pivot from this controversy-bait role.
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