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Histoire d'être humain

Long métrage documentaire sur le décrochage, la démotivation des élèves et les dépressions des profs. En pénétrant le quotidien des cas difficiles de l'établissement montréalais placé au dernier rang du classement des écoles secondaires, Denys Desjardins balaye nombre de préjugés sur la qualité de l'enseignement dans les quartiers défavorisés et sur la délinquance des jeunes qui y vivent. Un film tout d'ambiance qui relance avec intelligence et sensibilité le débat sur l'école publique.
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Long métrage documentaire sur le décrochage, la démotivation des élèves et les dépressions des profs. En pénétrant le quotidien des cas difficiles de l'établissement montréalais placé au dernier rang du classement des écoles secondaires, Denys Desjardins balaye nombre de préjugés sur la qualité de l'enseignement dans les quartiers défavorisés et sur la délinquance des jeunes qui y vivent. Un film tout d'ambiance qui relance avec intelligence et sensibilité le débat sur l'école publique.

Social Issues Education All subjects
  • camera
    Denys Desjardins
  • sound
    Denys Desjardins
  • direction
    Denys Desjardins
  • None
    Sophie Soukaïna Ghanem
  • participation
    Marilou Bourassa
    Catherine Ferland
    Marie-Claude Trudel
    Jean-Claude Barrière
    Louis-Ambroise Paré
    Stéphanie Proulx
    Mélanie Mallamo
    François Pelletier
    Yves Sauriol
    Gerry Thibert
    Kym Palma
    Mariame Camara
    Emmanuel Mingarelli
    Paul Mwanba
    Fanny Orphanos
    Shayne Connor
    Vlad Gligor
    Christopher Mabondo
  • picture editing
    Elric Robichon
  • sound editing
    Olivier Calvert
  • dialog editing
    Francine Poirier
  • original music
    Sandro Forte
    Simon Bellefleur
  • musician
    Simon Bellefleur
    Nicolas Letarte
  • production assistant
    Judith Brès
    Borza
  • location photographer
    Sophie Soukaïna Ghanem
  • editing technical support
    Ochelle Greenidge
    Danielle Raymond
  • online editing
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Gathelier
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • sound mixer
    Luc Léger
  • marketing officer
    David Boisclair
  • administrator
    Denise DesLauriers
  • administrative team
    Hélène Regimbal
    Lise Lévesque
    Mirabelle Bélanger
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • delegate producer
    Johanne Bergeron
  • producer
    Yves Bisaillon
  • executive producer
    Yves Bisaillon
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