School’s Out
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2019
February 28 - March 10, 2019
In Sébastien Marnier’s sophomore thriller, Pierre Hoffman (Laurent Lafitte, Elle) is called in as a long-term substitute for a class whose teacher has committed suicide. He becomes obsessed with this mysteriously affectless group, seemingly undisturbed by physical violence.
Q&A with Sébastien Marnier on March 9
In his Venice-selected sophomore thriller, Sébastien Marnier (Faultless, Rendez-Vous 2017) sets his sights on a chilly class of gifted and talented students in the French countryside. After their teacher commits suicide during an exam, Pierre Hoffman (Laurent Lafitte, Elle) is called in as a long-term substitute. Expecting a class collectively reeling from this traumatic shock, Pierre is surprised to encounter a group of seemingly affectless mid-teens, mostly concerned with accelerating at an appropriate pace through their advanced-level courses. His sense that something is askew only grows more acute when he notices a strange turn-the-other-cheek approach to physical violence—both from the students and his fellow faculty members. As Pierre spirals further into a wormhole that references both J.G. Ballard and Patti Smith, Marnier maintains a sense of creeping unease that expands into a chilling capitalist critique. North American Premiere
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