Director : Alexandre JardinActors : Thierry Lhermitte, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Yvan Attal, Hélène Fougerolles (de), Odette Laure, Jean-Marie Winling, Jean-Louis Richard, Dominique Besnehard, Sabine PERRAUD, Michel Crémadès, Jocelyn Quivrin, Vernon Dobtcheff, Frédéric Amico, Charlotte Becquin, Emmanuel GuttierezFeature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : 100% French French release : 4/12/00 Runtime : 1h 40mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Alter FilmsCo-production : StudioCanal, France 2 CinémaFrench distribution : Rezo FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : StudioCanal Synopsis Two friends have clashing points of view. Alexandre is revolted by the idea that high school kills creativity, making students into prototypical adults, over-cautious and stuffes shirts. Their future is mapped out for them in an inescapable routine. He wants to help them conceive of their life as a work of art and help to teach them to better themselves. Hippolyte has a different vision. For him the aim of education is to turn out well-adpated adolescents who can assume a place in society. It is not about quenching thir thirst for freedom, especially during a social crisis. His ideas of schools are generous and egalitarian and he is concerned with student’s immediate needs : passing the graduation exam in June. Both views have their merits… Festival selections | 
