Monsieur Lazhar

On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, I went to see the movie Monsieur Lazhar.  This is a Quebecois movie about an Algerian refugee, who has fled his home country and taken an apartment in Montréal, who took over a teaching gig as a replacement in an elementary school because the teacher that the students had before hand committed suicide in the classroom that the children were in.

This is a funny movie, but with lots of dramatic parts and it looks at how a teacher has rapport with his students.  Granted of course, Monsieur Lazhar was not a teacher in his former country, but his wife was.  He did a good job, I think, to teach the students.

I found the film hilarious because I am teacher and I live the QEP.  Some of the little parts of the movie, I actually laughed quite heartily because the character was trying to understand the QEP.

A touching and fun movie.  The storytelling is great and this is a highly enjoyable and heartwarming film.  Worth the time to watch it.