Skirt Day
2008 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 7.1 · 74% critics
Pushed to the edge by constant insults and defiance, a teacher reaches a breaking point during a tense day at school. What begins as another difficult class spirals into a dangerous standoff that forces everyone to confront fear, authority, and consequences.
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Details
- Original title
- La Journée de la jupe
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-11-09
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (187 votes)
About
If you like intense, character-driven dramas about pressure boiling over, this may work for you; Not for you if you want light entertainment or dislike hostage scenarios and relentless tension, even compared with My King.
Pros: tense classroom standoff; sharp social pressure; gripping escalation | Cons: heavy subject matter; stressful throughout; limited levity
Themes
- adolescence
- hostage
- ghetto
- teachers and students
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Actress · 2010 · nominated
Cast & crew
Isabelle Adjani
as Sonia Bergerac
Denis Podalydès
as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Jackie Berroyer
as Principal
Yann Collette
as Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
Nathalie Besançon
as Minister of the Interior
Marc Citti
as Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
Yann Ebongé
as Student Mouss M'Diop
Kévin Azaïs
as Student Sébastien Lenoir
Sonia Amori
as Student Nawel Jabli
Khalid Berkouz
as Student Mehmet
Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld