How nostalgic we are for a high school career that is sorely lacking in diversity, and how common are the cultural conflicts and value conflicts faced by Western high schools of the same era. That's where it's destructive, you can hardly lock these dramatic conflicts into one particular school, when in fact it's so universal that it can break out in the same kind of school, all over Paris, all over France, all over Europe. What's even more frightening is that you can't even see a trace of exaggeration or unreasonableness from this film: a considerable number of students in this class are descendants of immigrants from all continents, so Wei from China thinks that the performance of the students is very bad. , The classmates from two African countries are pinching each other because of the African Cup competition, and the cynical and grandstanding of local girls is normal.
What really makes this film shine is the stellar production. The script of "Between the Walls" is written in the same way as the documentary script, but it seems that it not only bears a good sense of social responsibility, but also is full of artistic expression beyond the ordinary drama. On the simple and powerful story skeleton, carefully crafted theatrical processing and unmarked shooting control constitute a vivid classroom portrait, making it a specially polished prism that accurately reflects race in a small classroom It is not difficult for the audience to think about "what kind of middle school education do we need and how to realize the ideal middle school education" due to the realities of friction, education system, value replacement and other aspects.
For example, in the writing of the script, the film has added some dramatic details. Marin used the white name Bill when writing an example sentence on the blackboard, which could also be dissatisfied by those African-American students; the school teacher representatives held a meeting, and the female teacher was particularly concerned about the coffee machine problem, which is the teacher's role as a school employee. The reality is that the fiery Suleman was eventually expelled from the school by the simple and crude mechanism of voting. The criticism is self-evident. On a higher level, Marin is a positive and emotionally receptive teacher, a character that contrasts him with his insensitive or cynical colleagues who have worked at the school for a long time. But he still can't resolve the daunting classroom crisis; his strength and inability constitute the main line of the whole film, which is quite tragic. These deliberate elements make this film fundamentally different from a documentary, and very natural and believable.
The protagonist of the film, François Marin, once created an autobiography of a teacher based on himself. This time, thanks to his strong cooperation, the stories that happened in the middle school classroom were brought to the screen in their original form. , no doubt his performance is like a duck to water. It took a year to shoot, and all the characters were played in real life. This original performance quality also benefits from the precise and concise shots. All in all, the most shining point of "Between the Walls" is that it recreates an originally serious story in a seemingly simple way. The film ends in the quiet scene of the desk and chairs in the classroom and the happy ball game between Marin and his classmates outside the classroom. The turbulent semester finally ends, but soon, it is very likely that similar scenes will appear in many It goes on between the walls, and you can't change anything.
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