As the start of the new school year approaches, certain films can be a good way to prepare children for the new rhythm that awaits them. Here are 14 films to watch with the family, which will remind you of good (or bad) times but which will certainly make you want to go back to school.
Does your child balk at the simple idea of having to set foot in school again? Don’t worry, he’s definitely not the only one. Like many, he would like to continue to be on vacation for as long as possible. A dream for them, (but not for the parents). So to best prepare your toddler for the rhythm of school, why not offer him watch a family movie on the subject. But beware, not just any. Depending on the tastes of each, the idea is not to scare them or make them even more anxious.
Through stories and scenarios, they will be able to (re)dive little by little into the school world, with classmates, teachers, lessons that last several hours, recess breaks… What’s also good is that there are a plethora of films to see. Of the funny, moving or committed films, suitable for children or adults. Here is our selection:
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Monsters Academia
Summary: “Even when he was just a tiny monster, Bob Razowski already dreamed of becoming a Terror. Today, he is finally a first year at the prestigious Monsters Academy, where the best Terrors are trained. His plan of well-prepared career is threatened by his meeting with James P. Sullivan, says Sulli, a real crack with a natural gift for Terrifying.
What we love about this movie: its zany characters, which offer humorous scenes for the youngest children.
Student Ducobu
Summary: “The student Ducobu was once again expelled from school. This time, to avoid ending up in boarding school, he only has one chance: to succeed in Saint-Potache. To get out of it, this endearing dunce will have to surpass himself and develop the most ingenious and spectacular tricks ever imagined. The game is far from won…”
What we like: the light dose of humor and the hilarious characters, which will appeal to young and old alike.
Write to exist
Summary: “Erin Gruwell, a 23-year-old novice teacher, has chosen a difficult Long Beach high school as her first job. Her students superbly ignore her and band together in clans, ready to clash at the slightest pretext. Step by step, through the Using words and then writing, she accompanies her students in a slow and delicate reconquest of their self-esteem, releasing in them unsuspected strengths, talents and energy.”
It is recommended for: emotion, fairness and morality that are used to deal with a sensitive subject. The casting is also of good quality.
Teachers
Summary: “With its 12% success rate in the baccalaureate, the Jules Ferry high school is the worst high school in France. Having already exhausted all conventional methods, the Inspector of the Academy, in despair, relies on the advice of his Deputy. This the latter offers him to recruit a team of teachers according to a new formula: to the worst students, the worst teachers to treat evil with evil.
We love : the cast of actors and actresses and the many schoolboy gags that are played. A film to watch.
Camille repeats
Synopsis : Camille is about to separate from Eric with whom she has been living a love affair for 25 years. But on the evening of December 31, she suddenly finds herself sent back to her past. she’s sixteen again. and finds himself in the family home with his parents, his friends, his adolescence… and Eric. Will she try to change the course of history? That’s the whole point of the film
why we love : Because the film is as hilarious as it is moving. A soft, nostalgic look at childhood and its indelible memories.
The schoolmaster
Synopsis : Gérard, a jeans seller, is fired. After a long period of unemployment, he became a school teacher and was hired as a substitute teacher in a school. But if Gérard imagined a rather quiet job, he quickly realizes the difficulties of the post.
why we love : Because it’s an unpretentious comedy that owes its success to the presence of Coluche, perfect for this role, both tender and funny, of a school teacher.
The chorists
Synopsis : In 1948, Clément Mathieu, an unemployed music teacher, accepts a position as supervisor in a rehabilitation boarding school for minors. The repressive system applied by the director, Rachin, upsets Mathieu. By introducing these difficult children to music and choral singing, Mathieu will succeed in transforming their daily lives.
why we love : For its history but especially for the songs that we still hum 15 years after the release of the film.
In the House
Synopsis : A 16-year-old boy interferes in the house of a student in his class, and writes about it in his essays to his French teacher. The latter, faced with this gifted and different student, regains a taste for teaching, but this intrusion will trigger a series of uncontrollable events.
why we love : For its plot and for Luchini’s acting which we never tire of.
Neuilly his mother
Synopsis : Sami Benboudaoud lives happily with his friends from the city of Chalon and his mother. One day, his mother, who has to leave to work abroad, entrusts him to her sister, who is married to a wealthy industrialist from Neuilly. The young Sami finds himself propelled into the hell of this extremely rigid old French family on good manners. He meets Charles, his cousin of the same age, full of racist prejudices and obsessed with his ambition to one day become… President of the Republic!
why we love : Because under its air of family and popular comedy, the film draws up an extremely pleasurable political satire. Almost cult replicas, 5-star cast… In short, a great success, for young and old alike!
Lolita Despite Me
Synopsis : Cady is not a young girl like the others. She grew up in Africa, surrounded by wild animals and the bush. When her parents move to the United States, Cady has to face a world even more exotic and more dangerous than the jungle: the world of girls… She befriends THE most popular girl in high school, Regina who takes her under her wing. Until the day at Cady falls under the spell of Aaron who is none other than Regina’s ex.
Why we love it : because it reminds us of the college/high school years and its cruel world. Cult replica, schoolboy humor, it’s the ideal American comedy for sleepovers that you never get tired of.
The little Nicolas
Synopsis : Nicolas is an only child and leads a very peaceful life surrounded by his loving parents and classmates. Until the day he learns that his mother is pregnant. Nicolas panics and imagines that his parents will abandon him when the future child is born.
why we love : Because the film has all the ingredients of popular comedy. Endearing and funny, this film has a great cast.
The beautiful kids
Synopsis : Attention cult film! Les beaux gosses is the story of two not-so-smart teenagers, Hervé and Camel, fans of X movies and masturbation. More concerned with college girls than with math lessons, they pile up the rakes with the female sex without ever getting upset. But everything changes the day Aurore, the prettiest girl in the class makes advances to Hervé. But the completely stupid teenager doesn’t know how to go about it…
Why we love it : Because it’s a film where subtlety and schoolboy humor blend perfectly. In short, a film that gives us the banana every time.
On the way to school
Synopsis : On the way to school retraces the parallel stories of four children for whom going to school represents a real expedition. We discover the journey of Jackson, Zahira, Carlo and Samuel, four children who travel for miles every day, sometimes braving many dangers to be able to study. All have a strong desire to learn and access knowledge to have the chance to have better living conditions than their parents.
Why we love it : Because it commands admiration. We can only be moved by the story of these kids for whom school is not an obligation but a real escape. And then also for the beauty of the plans, the images. A real treat for the eyes and for the heart.
Mr. Lazhar
Synopsis : Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant is hired in a school in Montreal to replace a young teacher who committed suicide. He learns little by little to know and to become attached to his pupils in spite of the cultural gap which appears from the first lesson. Bachir’s pedagogy is beginning to prove itself, but no one suspects the professor’s painful past, who risks being expelled from the country at any moment.
Why we love it : Because if the film deals with dark subjects like death, suicide and deportation, the film never falls into pathos.