2012 Academy Award® Nominee Best Foreign Language
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Canada / 2011 / 95 min / Drama
Japanese subtitles
A primary school teacher in Montreal commits suicide. The pupils are in shock and the school does its best to care for them while looking for a new teacher. It is then that a middle-aged man from Algeria, Bachir Lazhar becomes their substitute teacher. But Lazhar's reason for abandoning his native land remains a mystery.