Philippe Falardeau: Teacher

Evelyne De La Cheneli Dept: Based on a play by Evelyne de la Cheneli re, the movie follows an Algerian immigrant and teacher who helps a class of Quebec students mourn and recover from a horrible tragedy. In turn, they help him grieve his own heartbreaking past, according to CBC. I realized that I had found another way of expressing myself that could be a way for the future, and I also found out that I liked it, he told News and montreal filmmaker Philippe Falardeau never dreamt he would find himself in Los Angeles, nominated for an Academy Award for his school-set drama Monsieur Lazhar . A political analyst-turned-filmmaker, Falardeau attributes his movie career to a happy series of accidents, the first being his decision to enter a short film contest in the early 1990s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.