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Directed by Hong Sang-sooOrigin Coree du sudGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about education,
Films about sexualityActors Lee Sun-kyun,
Jeong Yu-mi,
Moon Sung-keunRating67%
A Day for Incantation (Hangul: 주문을 외울날): In Seoul, winter, the present day. On his way to a screening of one of his films, struggling shorts director Nam Jin-gu (Lee Sun-kyun) is nagged by his wife Jang Su-yang (Seo Yeong-hwa) about his drinking, and he wonders if she is having an affair with a guy called Yeong-su. Nam's onetime professor at film school, Song (Moon Sung-keun), tells him that filmmaking as an art is now dead. Nam remembers his first meeting with his wife, then an impressionable amateur photographer, on a park bench. At a dinner with film-school staff, Nam gets drunk and into a quarrel with Song, about whom he's heard a disquieting rumor. Afterwards, at the Q&A for his film, Nam is asked by a member of the audience (Lee Chae-eun) whether it's true he was dating the actress at the time and is therefore responsible for ruining her life. Nam says he has quit directing., 1h47
Directed by Arthur HillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about educationActors Nick Nolte,
JoBeth Williams,
Ralph Macchio,
Judd Hirsch,
Richard Mulligan,
Morgan FreemanRating60%
The film opens with a typical Monday morning at John F. Kennedy High School; "typical" events including a fight between teachers, a student with a stab wound and talk of an upcoming lawsuit. We meet haggard Vice Principal Roger Rubell (Judd Hirsch) and clueless Principal Eugene Horn (William Schallert), as well as stuffy lawyer and JFK alumna Lisa Hammond (JoBeth Williams), who is in charge of taking depositions for the Calvin case, in which a recent graduate is suing the school for granting him a diploma despite his illiteracy. , 1h30
Directed by Noam MurroOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about familiesActors Dennis Quaid,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Thomas Haden Church,
Ellen Page,
Ashton Holmes,
Christine LahtiRating60%
Carnegie Mellon English Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is a widowed parent of his alienated college son, James (Ashton Holmes), overachieving high school daughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page), and sibling to his adopted ne'er-do-well brother, Chuck (Thomas Haden Church) that he cannot evade enough. The professor is bitter, arrogant, self-absorbed and uninterested in his students; this does not help him when he parks illegally on campus, his car is impounded and does not pay his fine before getting to the college impound lot watched by a flunked former student., 1h22
Directed by Jean BeckerOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violenceActors Gérard Depardieu,
Gisèle Casadesus,
Jean-François Stévenin,
Patrick Jean Marie Bouchitté,
Maurane,
François-Xavier DemaisonRating71%
Germain is a 45-year-old illiterate handyman who has not had much luck in his life so far. He was bullied at school, both by the teacher and the other pupils because he was a slow reader. His mother never gave him love and affection, and kept reminding him that he was clumsy and an unwanted child, the result of fling at the French national holiday. But he ks loyal, with a good heart, and still parks his trailer close to her house where he maintains his lovely vegetable garden. He earns some extra money by taking his vegetables to the weekly farmer's market, in the truck borrowed from the bar where he relaxes every day with his friends, joking and chatting. His girl friend Annette is a younger woman who drives the local bus, and very much in love with this sweet, simple and loving man., 1h23
Directed by Robert ParrishOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Children's filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Joanne Dru,
Audrey Totter,
Joan Banks,
Regis Toomey,
Ludwig DonathRating66%
Dave Jennings is so focused on his Los Angeles-based business that he neglects his precocious five-year-old son Gus, who is constantly creating havoc in order to get his father's attention. After Gus's latest escapade is cleaned up and paid for, Dave orders his long-suffering secretary, Ivy Tolliver, to find a new nurse for Gus, then leaves on a business trip. Upon his return, Dave learns that Ivy has placed Gus in the Playtime School, and that he must meet with the teacher, Lydia Marble, to enroll Gus formally. Rushed as usual, Dave tells the attractive Lydia that he will pay whatever it takes to keep Gus in line, but when Lydia explains that parents are required to participate in their child's education at Playtime, Dave indignantly states that he knows all he needs to about Gus. Dave is amazed by how well Gus responds to Lydia's instructions, however, after he smacks a schoolmate. Believing that Gus can benefit from Lydia's tutelage, Dave agrees to keep him at Playtime. As the next three weeks pass, Gus becomes contented and well-behaved, but on Dave's scheduled parent participation day, the businessman instead sends a truckload of toys to the school. Lydia returns the toys with a note admonishing Dave that as a substitute for his attention, the toys are not enough, and when Dave comes to the school to protest, Lydia assumes that he is there to help., 2h44
Directed by Rajkumar HiraniOrigin IndeGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about suicide,
Musical films,
Bollywood,
Buddy filmsActors Aamir Khan,
Kareena Kapoor,
R. Madhavan,
Sharman Joshi,
Boman Irani,
Omi VaidyaRating83%
Farhan Qureshi (R.Madhavan) and Raju Rastogi (Sharman Joshi) are students at the Imperial College of Engineering (ICE), a highly regarded Indian engineering college. Farhan's passion is wildlife photography, but he pursues an engineering degree to appease his father. Raju chooses engineering with hopes of improving his family's financial situation, but his lack of self-confidence results in poor grades. Their third roommate and friend, Ranchodas 'Rancho' Shamaldas Chanchad (Aamir Khan), has immense interest in robotics, and invents in his spare time. Rancho regularly faces the wrath of the college's director, Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Boman Irani), known as "Virus", when he gives creative and unorthodox answers in class. He lives by the philosophy that one should pursue excellence, as when it is achieved, success follows. Virus is shown as an extremely strict person—so strict that he caused his own son's suicide by putting him under excess pressure. The star student of their class is Chatur Ramalingam (Omi Vaidya) nicknamed "Silencer", known for his incredible techniques of memorization but more notorious for his silent but malodorous flatulence in addition to his arrogant attitude. Catering for them and the other college students' needs is Man Mohan, nicknamed "Millimeter"., 1h56
Directed by Lee Hae-young,
Lee Hae-joonGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about education,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Ryu Deok-hwan,
Baek Yun-shik,
Lee Eon,
Kim Yoon-seok,
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,
Choi Jung-wooRating65%
Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku is a trans woman living with her abusive, alcoholic father. Dong-ku works part-time to save money for the sex reassignment surgery she craves. Despite being told that she has the perfect physique for ssireum, Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports — but when she finds out about an upcoming ssireum tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, she changes her mind and signs up for the team., 1h45
Directed by François OzonOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Les fantasmes,
Psychologie,
Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
Films about the labor movement,
Films based on plays,
L'enseignement secondaire en FranceActors Fabrice Luchini,
Ernst Umhauer,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Emmanuelle Seigner,
Denis Ménochet,
Yolande MoreauRating72%
Claude, un élève brillant, doué et manipulateur du lycée Gustave Flaubert, à tendance pervers narcissique, provoque l’enthousiasme de son professeur de français à qui il fait part de ses écrits voyeuristes, qu'il rédige au détriment d'un camarade de classe.Directed by Robbe De HertOrigin BelgiqueGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about educationActors Babette van Veen,
Hilde Heijnen,
Myriam Mézières,
Frank Aendenboom,
Ronny Coutteure,
Bernard FaureRating65%
En 1959, la télévision fait ses premiers pas dans la conquête du monde, James Dean est l'idole du moment, Laïka devient le premier chien dans l'espace, à Bruxelles on parle toujours de "L'Expo" et, dans un autre endroit de Belgique, les élèves de la classe de 5e technique préparent déjà les grandes vacances.