To Be and to Have (2002)
Inspired by the French phenomenon of 'single-class' schools, this film charts the life of a small one-class village school over the course of one academic year, and takes a warm and serene look at primary education in the French heartlands. (New Yorker Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Nicolas Philibert
Starring: Nathalie, Jessie, Johann, Olivier, Georges Lopez, Alizé, Axel, Guillaume
Genre: Documentary
Country: France
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To Be and to Have belongs to 30 collections
1. 21st Century Top 250 (collaborative: moderated by dardan - 49 stars)
2. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
3. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
4. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 20 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
6. Feel Good Movies (collaborative: moderated by Midaso - 17 stars)
7. Metacritic - Universal Acclaim (collaborative: moderated by sengir - 14 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
9. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2010) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
10. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2012) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
11. Positive Psychology Films (collaborative - 6 stars)
12. Times Online: The 100 Best Films of the Decade (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 5 stars)
13. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
14. Djross best documentaries (public: djross - 5 stars)
15. BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14 (collaborative: moderated by Thegoodboy - 4 stars)
16. Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Non-Fiction Films (collaborative: moderated by dardan - 4 stars)
17. Djross great movies (public: djross - 4 stars)
18. Documentaries about children (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
19. BFI 100 key Documentary films (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)
20. Djross best movies about children (public: djross - 3 stars)
21. Djross film as art (public: djross - 3 stars)
22. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2011) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 2 stars)
23. Teaching (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
24. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
25. French director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
26. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (public: Coheed - 1 star)
27. French language - easy to understand (public: juandr - 1 star)
28. Best of criticker: 2002 (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr)
29. Djross 2002 top ten (public: djross)
30. Availability: Filmstriben (public: KasperL)
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| 2 | FlorVdE | 0 4th |
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Very boring and vaguely depressing. I'm very sorry, I know I'm supposed to like it but it really was quite terrible. It also made me feel bad for not liking it. Fuck you movie, it's not my fault you suck!
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hellsditch | 83 77th |
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What an eye-opener to see a teacher who clearly loves what he's doing and who is great at it. When Lopez reveals that he's retiring, I internally gasped, "No! You can't! We need people like you!" What I really loved about the movie itself is the lack of talking heads (only one short interview with Lopez). His interactions with the kids tell the story. And I LOVED the editing restraint showed when some of the kids were struggling. It really showed how wonderfully patient and caring Lopez is/was.
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Actionberg | 85 84th |
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Oh man, cuteness overload. My brain shut down after a little while because it just couldn't process all the adorable things it perceived. It's one thing to have a bunch of kids going about their day, but when they're speaking a language I don't understand it's just too much. This does nothing to take away the fulfillment of observing a child's education, seeing their minds grow in real time, through difficulty and triumph. The film's simplicity in storytelling lends more to its profundity.
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PeaceAnarchy | 88 90th |
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Whatever commentary there is is entirely subtextual. We get to see snippets of a school year in a rural French schoolhouse with about 15 students of various elementary school ages. Some of these are good students, some are bad, the teacher is very much human and not perfect but also clearly cares and it's not an easy job. There's nothing to quite make you go wow but it's greater than the sum of its parts, a triumph of simplicity and small insights into the learning process and life itself.
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begoniabol | 90 95th |
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A warm and sweet documentary. Watching kiddies was never this cute. The teacher also deserves some credit, he's caring and warm, but also strict. The ending is wonderful, seeing Mr Lopez getting a little emotional, watching his class walk away
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| Average Percentile 68.67% from 353 Ratings |  |