In Frankrijk bestaan ​​er vrijwel overal nog zogenaamde enkelvoudige klassen. In deze klassen komen alle kinderen uit hetzelfde dorp, van de kleuterschool tot en met de middelbare school, samen rond één leraar. Tussen teruggetrokkenheid en openheid naar de wereld delen deze kleine, bonte groep mensen hun dagelijkse leven, ten goede en ten kwade.

Quotes

“Contains some of the most stirring footage I have ever seen on the act and art of teaching children.” Observer
“To Be and To Have works in the grandest tradition of documentary filmmaking — it keeps company with a small, specific place going about its business, and from it parses the whole world.” L.A. Weekly
“A deceptively simple French film about teaching that keeps enlarging as you watch it, becoming beautiful and inspiring in a way most films never touch.” Chicago Tribune
“To Be and to Have is a movie every teacher should see, and every parent, too.” Philadelphia Inquirer

Prijzen

2004 Nominatie BAFTA Film Award
2004 London Critics Circle Film Awards – Winner Foreign Language Film of the Year
2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards USA – Winner Best Non-Fiction Film
2003 César Awards – Winner Best Editing
2003 Étoiles d’Or – Winner Best Film
2003 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – Winner Jury Award
2003 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics – Winner Best Film
2002 Valladolid International Film Festival – Winner Best Documentary
2002 European Film Awards – Winner Best Documentary
2002 Prix Louis Delluc

Festivals

Cannes Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
International Film festival Rotterdam
Valladolid International Film Festival
CPH:DOX

Credits

Release: 21 augustus 2025
Regie: Nicolas Philibert
Originele taal: Frans
Frankrijk – 2002 – 104min.

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