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Date
February 19, 2012
- Time 6:00 PM
- Location Washington, D.C.
- Price SINGLE EVENT: $8
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Photograph courtesy Music Box Films
Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Canada I 2011 I 94 minutes I French with English subtitles
Bachir Lazhar has emigrated from his native Algeria to Canada, where he is awaiting approval of his asylum application. When he is hired as a substitute teacher at a French-Canadian school, Bachir finds that he is often ill-equipped to deal with his new students and their shock over their previous teacher’s death.
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