To Be and to Have
MovieTitle | Être et avoir |
User score | 7.3 |
Release date | Aug 28, 2002 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Nicolas Philibert |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Gimages 204, Les Films d'Ici, ARTE France Cinéma, Maïa Films |
Budget | $1,000,000 |
Run time | 104 min. |
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.