To Be and to Have

This documentary focuses on a single class school in Saint-Etienne sur Usson, Auvergne. Director Nicolas Philibert filmed one of these classes, in which all the children in a village, from nursery to secondary school, are taught by the same teacher.

Être et avoir
France 2002
  • Czech
105 min.
Přístupný
  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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All over France, there are still examples of what are known as “single-class schools”: classes that bring together all the children of a village around one teacher, from kindergarten to the last year of primary school. Between isolation and opening up to the world, these eclectic little groups share everyday life, for better and for worse. This film was shot in one of them, somewhere in the heart of the Auvergne.

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Credits
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Cinematography: Katell Djian, Laurent Didier, Hugues Gemignani, Nicolas Philibert
Music: Philippe Hersant
Sound: Julien Cloquet
Editing: Nicolas Philibert
Producer: Gilles Sandoz
Co-production: Rémi Burah
Cast: Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel Thouvenin, Guillaume, Jessie, Johan, Johann, Jonathan, Julien, Laura
Awards

European Film Awards

2002 – Nicolas Philibert (European Documentary)

César Awards

2003 – Nicolas Philibert (Best Editing)

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  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.