Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

[bit boring,yet good]

Monsieur Lazhar (2011) ---- French
IMDB-7.7
RJG rating-60

An immigrant joins a school as a substitute teacher where the students have witnessed a tragic incident..

Starring- Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse
Director- Philippe Falardeau

Monsieur Lazhar is a light dramatic movie which deals with how people react to grief and tragedy..

Acting is pretty solid from the entire cast.Mohammed & Sophie are outstanding..
The story is simple yet slightly twisted..Yet it doesnt have much to tell..The movie's main priority is on how each character reacts to grief..Thus some scenes tend to get boring..
Direction is smooth & manages to keep the movie in a positive tone rather than taking a depressimg route..
The movie isnt exactly for casual viewers ,its more 'enjoyable' to artistic viewers..

Acting- 4.5/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 3.5/5
Drama- 4/5

Nominated
Best Foreign Language Film