SERIELAND RECO - At the moment, teachers are everywhere on our screens. This is particularly the case in the series "A Teacher", which will be released soon on Canal +. It centers on the forbidden relationship between an English teacher and her student. "Sam", "The replacement" or even "The school of life", broadcast from April 21 on France 2, have also chosen to stage teachers facing the difficulties of teaching. How do the series deal with teacher-student relationships? Is the vision of teaching in the series realistic? Eva Roque answers these questions in the company of Constance Jamet, journalist specializing in series for the newspaper "Le Figaro" and Elodie Pinel, professor of French and philosophy, passionate about fiction.
We all keep in mind a teacher who marked our schooling! Because he or she reconciled us with math, made us hate chemistry, inspired like Robin Williams in The Circle of Missing Poets or made us blush like Claire Wilson, the alluring English teacher from
A Teacher
,
the new Canal series. +. Many series feature interactions between students and teachers, as evidenced by the recent release of The
Substitute
with Joey Starr on TF1 or even of
The School of Life
,
on France 2. Are these fictions realistic? How do the series account for the difficulties of the French school system?
In this episode of SERIELAND, Eva Roque deciphers the series that evoke the relationships between teachers and their students.
She surrounds herself with Constance Jamet, journalist specializing in series for
Le Figaro
and Elodie Pinel, professor of French and philosophy, passionate about cinema and series.
Recce of the week:
A Teacher
A Teacher
,
the new American series from Canal + available from April 22, features the intimate and ambiguous relationship between Claire Wilson, an English teacher and her student Eric Walker, a 17-year-old teenager.
This dramatic thriller is portrayed by Kate Mara (House of Cards) as Claire Wilson and Nick Robinson (Love, Victor) as Eric.
In
A Teacher
,
the tension is palpable and the storytelling is dense.
The series avoids sinking into a Manichean vision: the relations of domination between this teacher and her pupil are complex, just like the psychology of the characters.
A Teacher lets viewers make up their own minds about this relationship without being judgmental.
10 30-minute episodes to watch on Canal +
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The guest: Elodie Pinel
Elodie Pinel has a doctorate in French literature, professor of French and philosophy in a high school in Ile de France.
She loves cinema and series and uses fiction a lot as a medium for her lessons.
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Each season is centered on a character.
Very realistic, it resonates with the concerns of young viewers and avoids clichés about adolescence.
Educational, the episodes of
Skam
also deal with complex issues such as online harassment, the question of gender or denial of pregnancy.
In addition to the episodes, the platform had the good idea to broadcast very regularly, at unpredictable hours, small video clips on which fans flock.
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The SERIELAND team:
Author and presentation: Eva Roque
Columnist: Clémence Olivier
Director: Christophe Pierrot
Editorial project manager: Timothée Magot
Distribution and publishing: Salomé Journo
Preparation: Magali Butault