Teacher movies tend to be more alike than unalike, but Monsieur Lazhar makes the familiar unusually strange. The note on which it opens is shocking, tragic: A Montreal middle school student ...

Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of ...

Released , 'Monsieur Lazhar' stars Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a user score of 71 (out of 100) on ...

But Monsieur Lazhar, filmmaker Philippe Falardeau's adaptation of Évelyne de la Chenelière's stage play, has been gathering audience and jury kudos – including an Oscar nomination this week ...

Picture a reverse “Dead Poets Society”: This time it’s a traditional teacher named Monsieur Lazhar who gets caught in the jaws of modernity. This beautifully restrained French-Canadian ...

The Canadian-born director has chosen this familiar setting for his most recent film, Monsieur Lazhar, an Oscar-nominated drama about an Algerian refugee who joins the faculty at a Canadian school ...

So whom do we reckon with? That’s the lingering question propelling writer-director Philippe Falardeau’s beautifully poignant “Monsieur Lazhar.” It’s simply one of the best films you ...

Phillippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar was the audience favourite, but Guy Maddin's Keyhole won best Canadian film at the Whistler Film Festival. Monsieur Lazhar, about a man who helps a middle ...

En 2002, la dramaturge écrivait la pièce Bashir Lazhar. Neuf ans plus tard, Philippe Falardeau l'adaptait dans le multicélébré Monsieur Lazhar, diffusé sur ICI Télé le 9 octobre ...

J'ai vu Monsieur Lazhar à deux reprises et j'ai adoré. Je pense qu'il a tous les ingrédients qu'il faut pour remporter un Oscar. D'abord, parce qu'il est profondément humain et très émouvant.

Still reeling from the shock, the Montreal school has the titular Monsieur Lahzar (Fellag), who has fled Algeria and is seeking refugee status in Canada, offering his services. Lahzar has one way ...