A friend of mine invited me to watch "Monsieur Lazhar", and very accidentally I had the chance of be a spectator of this spectacular movie. It treats delicately eternal topics beyond time and geography such as the death, immigration and education. The story narration is married with a enough dose of the humor, a deep sadness sometimes and wisdom all along the film. The wisdom is simply a well story carried out without any prejudice, having believable personages and avoiding an end with a happy ending. Also I found that the group of the kids play brilliantly like the principal actor in the role of the teacher, especially the girl and the boy in the role of Alice and Simon could both have a successful career in the cinema industry. Indeed the realistic scenario beside their excellent performance shows us how much we ignore or underestimate the comprehension of the children of our world. The fact that the story happens in Montreal was also an occasion to take advantage of the richness of this multicultural society as well the charming quebecois accent. I appreciated its implicit message that the life is maybe often hard, but it's always beautiful. I hope that we'll hear more about this lovely film in future!
Review of Monsieur Lazhar
