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At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

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  May 10, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Samah Fadil said ...

  As a Montrealer, I can say that Cyrus totally got it right! Also, if you want to check out some amazing Quebecois cinema, I highly recommend "Incendies", which I think also got nominated for best foreign film in 2010 or 2011.

• May 10, 2012 at 6:11 AM, said ...

  I give this movie an eh plus

  
  
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  May 07, 2012 at 3:02 PM, said ...

  It's amazing how the trailer doesn't indicate anything about the suicide and the kids' and faculty dealing with it.

   

• May 06, 2012 at 3:56 PM, said ...

  See! Canada CAN make movies!

  
  
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  May 05, 2012 at 11:06 PM, said ...

  Sounds like a great movie. I need check this out.

• May 05, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Jim Beam said ...

   @Jack the Pumpkin King

  @John Henry Eden v2.0

  Listened to it again, my bad ... apparently sarcasm doesn't translate too well when it's written.

  No worries, it's all good.

  
  
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  May 05, 2012 at 2:13 PM, carl neil cortes said ...

  oh Cyrus you're such a dumbass...

• May 05, 2012 at 8:15 AM, said ...

  "Québéquois" Cyrus!

  
  
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  May 05, 2012 at 2:04 AM, said ...

  @Red Knight

  As Jack said, I was being completely facetious, but I'll readily admit right now that I was wrong. For some reason I assumed there was a cédille in "Quebecois," and obviously there isn't. Oh, John, you're such a dumbass.

• May 05, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Veronica Fiallos said ...

  As a proud Canadian, I'm so happy you guys reviewed this and liked it so much! Definitely one of my fav's of last year.

  
  
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  May 05, 2012 at 1:41 AM, said ...

  @Red Knight

  John wasn't trash talking Cyrus. Listen to the review again, Cyrus was making fun of himself and he said himself "Oh Cyrus, you're such a dumbass" around the 2:00 min mark of the review.

• May 05, 2012 at 1:09 AM, said ...

  if Canada wants to fuck with the US it could retract its bid for the Keystone Pipeline

  
  
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  May 05, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Kian Alisobhani said ...

  CANADA, FUCK YEAH!

• May 04, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Gaby said ...

  Ah so happy you reviewed this! Proud Montrealer! :) You should watch Incendies as well.

  
  
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  May 04, 2012 at 10:11 PM, said ...

  Canada rules!!!!!!!!!!!

• May 04, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Jim Beam said ...

  John, no need for trash talking.

  Cyrus said it right. 

  
  
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  May 04, 2012 at 9:34 PM, said ...

  As Quebecer I'm happy that Spill reviewing that movie even though I didn't think much of that movie when I saw it :)

• May 04, 2012 at 7:58 PM, said ...

  "Kwehbekwah?"

  Oh, Cyrus, you're such a dumbass.

  
  
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  May 04, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Jim Beam said ...

  Philippe Falardeau is a talented director.  It's definitely a "tour de force" to make a good movie about a topic that could easily go wrong or cartoonish.

  I liked how the movie touched the various barriers of communication for teachers in the primary school education system. Many ways of doing things in the past where thrown away without assessing it.

  Another aspect which maybe wasn't obvious but there's a part of nostalgia thrown in there about the classical curriculum should not be thrown away or demonized. It often is thrown out the educational system but the movie suggests subtly that the classic curriculum has great value.  

  Cyrus got it right, Québécois is pronounced Ke-be-kwa.

  I'm surprised that I'm the only Spillio that saw this one!

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