Short film

The Idealist
2022 · 10 min
A short, sobering plunge into a teacher's shaken world, leaving a quiet ache long after it ends.
- Directed by
- Martin Drouot
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Vincent Dedienne, Félix Maritaud, Cassandre Duris
- Overview
- Adrien Kaminsky is a young French teacher in a high school in Le Havre. Passionate, he gives his all to his job, and the students give it back to him. When a student discovers that he is homosexual, he falls off his pedestal and is soon violently assaulted in front of the school. As the assault sends a wave through the system, Adrien begins to doubt his vocation.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, isolation, violence, education
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Martin Drouot
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Vincent Dedienne, Félix Maritaud, Cassandre Duris

