Product Information
A documentary that follows French schoolteacher, Georges Lopez as he teaches twelve students between the ages of four and ten in a one room schoolhouse.Product Identifiers
EAN5021866432304
eBay Product ID (ePID)72600447
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleEtre Et Avoir
ActorGeorge Lopez
DirectorNicholas Philibert
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2009
LanguageFrench
FeaturesDirector Interview, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Run Time100 Mins
GenreDocumentaries, General, Documentaries & Biographies
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
ReviewsNew York Times - ...The film is as quiet, patient and tenacious as Mr. Lopez himself, who approaches his difficult, endless work with serenity and discipline..., Total Film - It's a lump-in-the-throat killer
Consumer AdviceContains infrequent mild language
Additional InformationThe one-room schoolhouse, where one teacher instructs several grades at once, is generally regarded a quaint thing of the past and a symbol of obsolete and ineffective teaching methods. However, the documentary To Be and to Have offers an in-depth look at a small school in rural France where one remarkable man has been doing the job of a small teaching staff for 20 years, and has taught several generations of bright and capable children along the way. Georges Lopez is an educator at a small school in France's Auvergne region, where between December 2000 and June 2001 he taught 12 students between the ages of four and ten. Employing a curriculum that embraces both academics and practical skills, Lopez and his school represent a surprising mix of the old and the new, where computer technology and old-fashioned memorization of the multiplication tables sit side by side. To Be and to Have captured Georges Lopez near the end of his career in education -- shortly after the film was completed, he retired after 35 years as a teacher.
Movie/TV TitleEtre Et Avoir
Sound sourceDolby Digital