the best film on school life

Rating: 10/10 (18 August 2005)

i'm not going to talk about the events of the Second War World (that this film explains beautifully), i just want to mention that this is the best film on school life i've ever seen. i think "dead poets society" was too 'hollywood' and the recent "les choristes" is just a pale copy. my father went to a school of this kind during the 50's and to me it's like watching his life at that time on screen. i think julien it is the kid we all were (i also had his problems during nights) or we all wanted to be. i haven't been into a boarding school myself but in summers i used to spend 15 days away in holiday camps and i absolutely recognize his feelings about his mother. i love how he can be so tough in front of his mates but so sweet when he is alone with her. this young actor -gaspar manesse- was great.