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  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary This observational documentary follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Housed in an 18th century estate, school life embraces tradition and modernity. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Maths, Scripture and Latin, taught in a collaborative...

Directed By: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane

Written By: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane

  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

School Life

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary This observational documentary follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers at Headfort, the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Housed in an 18th century estate, school life embraces tradition and modernity. For John, rock music is just another subject alongside Maths, Scripture and Latin, taught in a collaborative...

Directed By: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane

Written By: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
14 Reviews
0% Mixed
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7% Negative
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91
Mar 7, 2017
It certainly succeeds in being a joyous, humane look at the role that school, education, and, most importantly, teachers have in the lives of such malleable minds.
By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW
83
Sep 6, 2017
Maybe it won’t exist in Ireland much longer either, so it’s a good thing that School Life manages to capture its weird, wonderful world.
By Josh Modell FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 21, 2017
It’s a quiet film that almost slips by without notice.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 8, 2017
It is a celebration of these two eccentric and devoted teachers (and, by extension, teachers everywhere). We see them at work, we see them at rest, we see them kneeling by an open window smoking, wondering what they would ever do with themselves if they weren't doing this?
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 7, 2017
In Loco Parentis is a warm work of cinéma vérité.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 7, 2017
There’s considerable poignancy in the contrast between this eccentric pair’s mutual sense that their lives are winding down and the vast, still-unshaped futures of their young charges, but Ní Chianáin’s film largely resists sentimentality of the “Greatest Love of All” variety.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 6, 2017
School Life is unfortunately committed to keeping its subjects, especially Headfort’s students, at arm’s length.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gris Medio, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Soilsu Films
Release Date Sep 8, 2017
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://www.inlocoparentis.ie/
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Awards

San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Docville
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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