"PD", the short film by Olivier Lallart which stages and denounces homophobia in schools meets an unexpected success with 1.5 million views in three weeks.

On the way to becoming a phenomenon, the National Education is considering disseminating it in schools.

These are two letters synonymous with insult, rejection and discrimination: "PD".

But it is also the title of a short film by Olivier Lallart, which is fast becoming a phenomenon: 1.5 million views in three weeks.

A success such as the National Education is considering disseminating it in schools, while according to a report by SOS Homophobia, homophobic and transphobic attacks have increased by 36% in one year. 

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A "trendy insult"

"I often heard the word PD, a little loose like that, wrongly and through in the conversations of young people", explains at the microphone of Europe 1 Olivier Lallart, who often intervenes in schools to train middle and high school students to the cinema professions.

"For them, it was not necessarily homophobic but a trendy insult. And I just wanted to alert on this word, to deconstruct it, because it can hurt." 

To illustrate this violence, he portrays Thomas, a 17-year-old high school student, who falls in love with a boy.

The news goes around the establishment and the remarks of other students fuse.

"Me, I don't change any more next to him", reacts for example another protagonist of the short film.

"Come on give me that there, PD!"

can we also hear. 

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"Very strong reactions of disgust" on the part of some students

But Thomas is not the only homosexual character in what started out as a simple educational project.

A teacher also shares the same sexual orientation and fights against homophobia.

"What you learn from Julius Caesar is that he was a great emperor, a great conqueror, a great warrior. But Julius Caesar was also a great PD."

And when a student points out to him the term he has just used, he retorts: "I have the right because I am."

A message against homophobia which seems to be useful given the reactions of some high school students who have already seen the film.

"When we screened the first scene of the film where the two boys kiss, we heard 'baaah' at the back of the room, real reactions of very strong disgust", explains Olivier Lallart.

"At the end of the screening, when we asked the 150 students who were disgusted, we still had 15 who raised their hands."