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Monsieur Lazhar - Philippe Falardeau

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Directed by: 
Philippe Falardeau
Story by: 
Évelyne de la Chenelière
Screenplay by: 
Philippe Falardeau
Produced by: 
Luc Déry
Kim McCraw
Release year: 
2011
Country: 
Canada
Runtime: 
94min
Genre: 
Comedy
Drama
Music by: 
Martin Léon
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Plot: 
Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne de la Cheneliere's play, Bachir Lazhar depicts the encounter between two distant worlds and the power of self-expression. Using great sensitivity and humor, Philippe Falardeau follows a humble man who is ready to transcend his own loss in order to accompany children beyond the silence and taboo of death.
Cast: 
Mohamed Fellag
as
Bachir Lazhar
Sophie Nélisse
as
Alice L'Écuyer
Émilien Néron
as
Simon
Danielle Proulx
as
Ms. Vaillancourt
Brigitte Poupart
as
Claire Lajoie
Nicole-Sylvie Lagarde
as
Psychologist
Stéphane Demers
as
Marie-Frédérique's father
Francine Ruel
as
Mrs. Dumas
Louis-David Leblanc
as
Boris
Évelyne de la Chenelière
as
Alice's mother
Jules Philip
as
Gaston
Gabriel Verdier
as
Jordan
Marie Charlebois
as
Prosecutor
Seddik Benslimane
as
Abdelmalek
André Robitaille
as
Commissioner
Marie-Ève Beauregard
as
Marie-Frédérique
Sophie Sanscartier
as
Audrée
Louis Champagne
as
Concierge
Daniel Gadouas
as
Mr. Gilbert Danis
Nathalie Costa
as
Marie-Frédérique's mother
Marianne Soucy-Lord
as
Shanel
Vincent Millard
as
Victor
Judith Baribeau
as
Professeur d'anglais
Jose Arandi
as
Professeur de judo
Emmanuelle Girard
as
Professeur
Gabrielle Thouin
as
Élève #1
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Maxime Cadorette
as
Élève #2
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Marion L'Espérance
as
Élève #3
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Laurie Pominville
as
Élève #4
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Jean-Luc Terriault
as
Élève #5
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Carol-Anne Arbour
as
Élève #6
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Enrik Cloutier
as
Élève #7
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Samuel Chartier
as
Élève #8
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Mandani Tall
as
Élève #9
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Anne-Frederique Bernier
as
Élève #10
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Marie Kim Filion
as
Élève #11
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Fabiola Monty
as
Élève #12
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Salome Ettien Miller
as
Élève #13
(
Classe de Bachir
)
Mariane Lalumière
as
Élève #1
(
Pièce de théatre
)
Bachir Bensaddek
as
Préposé au bureau de poste
Héléna Laliberté
as
Martine Lachance
Vincent Giroux
as
Peintre
Hélène Grégoire
as
Gardienne
Jessica Charbonneau
as
Élève #2
(
Pièce de théatre
)
Marie-Félixe Allard
as
Élève #3
(
Pièce de théatre
)

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