DISQUS

phrenetik · 6 months ago

While I've yet to watch Okuriburito, I felt dagnabitted when Entre les murs was snubbed for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars! But then again this documentary-style movie isn't for everyone. While I thoroughly enjoyed it (I love how real and gritty it is, it's just like being back in school with the class troublemakers making lessons hell for everyone) my mom found it boring. I especially liked the scene where Khoumba questioned him on the past participle use of the language. In the future the next generation will ask us why bother to spell 'doughnuts' when donuts is easier to use, and still sounds the same. And the students have the nerve to question Marin's sexuality! That 's the burning question all students have wanted to ask their teachers. :P

jack2jack · 6 months ago

I saw the film for my French class. I felt the film shows the viewers that no matter the country, there is always a struggle for the poor and lower middle class. Parents want the same for his or her child as we do. I was saddened in the end by the black girl who felt she did not learn anything. Those overlooked students are often passed-on by the system with the hopes they will "catch-up". Sadly they never do. She had the courage to reach out to her instructor. But he failed her once again by not offering her resources for her to try to make sense as to why she is failing. My French teacher is an example of how the French responds to "other races" She was taken aback when she found out the other minorities in class could speak the language almost fluently. But were not from a French speaking nation. We often have to "engage" her to look past someone's skin color and see the person.