Skirt Day

2008

1h 27m

Drama

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60%

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5 Reviews

69%

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250+ Ratings

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

a stark political satire, exposing all the divisions and frictions - social, sexual, racial, cultural and religious - of a modern multi-cultural France whose fragile sense of identity remains locked in a state of turbulent adolescence.

Nov 12, 2010

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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

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Serge L

Comedy turning into drama. The teacher confiscate a gun of a student and uses it to get them under control, until things go out of control. Not as bad as USA shootings though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/16/18

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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

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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

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Audience Member

Film assez dur sur une prof qui pÃªte les plombs, un incident qui agrave tout, coupables et innocents...un systÃ¨me Ã (C)ducatif remis en question...et une tragÃ (C)die qui se joue pour tous...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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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

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Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

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Isabelle Adjani

Sonia Bergerac

Denis Podalydès

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Yann Collette

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Synopsis

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

Director: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Screenwriter: Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Production Co: Mascaret Films, Arte France
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 27m