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Skirt Day

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A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

Critics Reviews

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Just what is writer-director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld's endgame? Rated: 2/5 Sep 17, 2010 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) A film so enigmatic that it gives itself the perverse luxury of starting with the finally. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Chris Buckle The Skinny There is significant salvation in the form of a committed lead turn from Isabelle Adjani, which won her a record-breaking fifth Best Actress Cesar. Rated: 3/5 Dec 13, 2010 Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Skirt Day, which has the feel of a mediocre stage play transplanted to the screen, grows duller and more preposterous as it unfolds, with Adjani's illogical antics becoming shriller and less sympathetic as the standoff stretches on. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 22, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Has the luxury of examination and consideration of many characters precicsely because it is so unrealistic; every individual making a bad to terrible choice removes any sympathy for any character Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This must-see film takes place in one of the Paris banlieux (impoverished, rough, immigrant neighborhoods). Isabelle Adjani plays a teacher in a high school for immigrant kids. Suspenseful hold-your-breath drama that sheds light on the plight of Muslim immigrants in Europe, and the near-impossible task of teaching enlightenment values in a context of poverty and extreme cultural difference. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Adjiani does the best she can with the flawed material. But the character is too illogical for the movie to be any good. Everything that happens is just so damn implausible. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Film assez dur sur une prof qui pête les plombs, un incident qui agrave tout, coupables et innocents...un système à (C)ducatif remis en question...et une tragà (C)die qui se joue pour tous... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member What a stunner! Adjani's amazing performance and the dissecting of the multi-layered friends and foes relationships between the headteacher - teacher - pupil - parents' mini-society make this drama unique and unforgettable. The drama unfolds at breakneck speed in just under one and a half hours. I felt it could have been a bit longer with more elongated suspenses and non-dits, Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The film's greatest value is showing how complex and ambiguous the endless racism discussion is. Adjani (although almost unrecognisable) is commanding! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Director
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Producer
Bénédicte Lesage, Ariel Askénazi
Screenwriter
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Production Co
RTBF, Mascaret Films, Fontana, Arte France
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Runtime
1h 27m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)