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- 2003
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 44 m
Summary Inspired by the French phenomenon of 'single-class' schools, this film charts the life of a small one-class village school over the course of one academic year, and takes a warm and serene look at primary education in the French heartlands. (New Yorker Films)
Directed By: Nicolas Philibert
- 2003
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 44 m
- 2003
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 1 h 44 m
To Be and to Have
6.8
Summary Inspired by the French phenomenon of 'single-class' schools, this film charts the life of a small one-class village school over the course of one academic year, and takes a warm and serene look at primary education in the French heartlands. (New Yorker Films)
Directed By: Nicolas Philibert
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
87
96% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This movie is a portal, leading to a living museum of childhood at its most poignant.
Nothing momentous happens here, but Philibert has a magical sense of how to find the simple poetry lurking in the universal routine of being a kid. A lot of the film's lyricism is extracurricular.
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Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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This heart-wrenching documentary about a French village schoolteacher at work offers the comedy and pathos of great drama and the visual magnificence of painting.
Exhibiting the same sort of patience as his sensible hero, Philibert has created an extraordinarily humane portrait of a partnership between one adult and his very fortunate charges.
An early shot of two turtles crawling through the classroom establishes the film's deliberate pace, and To Be And To Have benefits from the care.
Full of observed life, the movie is also a bit of a vacuum, and once we register our admiration for Lopez, we can hardly help contemplating the cold equations of the students' futures, their uneducated families, and the rapturously desolate farmland around them.
Simple but deeply touching documentary.
Production Company
Maïa Films,
Arte France Cinéma,
Les Films d'Ici,
Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique,
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Gimages 4,
Ministère de l'Education National du Conseil Régional d'Auvergne
Release Date Sep 19, 2003
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Étoiles d'Or, France
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
