The Good Teacher
FrenchPas de Vagues
Directed byTeddy Lussi-Modeste[1]
Written by
Produced byJean-Christophe Reymond[1]
StarringFrançois Civil
CinematographyHichame Alaouié[2]
Edited byGuerric Catala[3]
Production
companies
  • Kazak Productions[1]
  • Frakas Productions[4]
Distributed byAd Vitam (France)[1]
Release dates
  • 18 January 2024 (2024-01-18) (Ramdam Festival)[5]
  • 27 March 2024 (2024-03-27) (France)[6]
Running time
92 minutes[7]
Countries
LanguageFrench[4]
Budget€3,9 million[4]

The Good Teacher (French: Pas de Vagues) is an upcoming drama film[8] directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste from a screenplay he co-wrote with Audrey Diwan, starring François Civil as a teacher who is wrongfully accused of sexual assault by one of his students, a teenage girl, and must fight to prove his innocence.[4][1] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and will have its world premiere at the Ramdam Festival in Belgium on 18 January 2024, and will be released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam on 27 March 2024.[6]

Cast

  • François Civil as Julien[8]
  • Shaïn Boumedine as Walid[7]
  • Bakary Kebe as Modibo[7]
  • Toscane Duquesne as Leslie[7]
  • Marianne Ehouman as Roxana[7]
  • Mallory Wanecque as Océane[7]
  • Agnès Hurstel as Laura[8]
  • Luna Ho Poumey as Erica[7]
  • Emma Boumali as Sihem[7]
  • Mohamed Fadiga as Yassine[7]
  • Atik Jawed as Mohamed-Amine[7]
  • Estevan Marchenoir as Theo[7]
  • Myriam Djeljeli as Nora[7]
  • Emilie Incerti-Formentini as Claire[7]
  • Mustapha Abourachid as Nasser[7]
  • Armindo Alves de Sa as Steve[7]
  • Francis Leplay as Musil[7]
  • Fadily Camara as Fatou[7]
  • Walid Afkir as Oumar[7]
  • Djilali Redjal as Gaspard[7]
  • Malo Chanson-Demange as Kylian
  • Aaron Yapo as Glendy
  • Mia Yapo as Sara
  • Douglas Grauwels as Philippe

Production

Development

The screenplay was co-written by Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Audrey Diwan,[1] inspired by Lussi-Modeste's own experience when he was a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers and was wrongfully accused of assaulting a 13-year-old female student in 2020.[10]

The working title was originally Cueillez votre jeunesse,[11][12] and it was later changed to La Plainte[10] and then Pas de Vague in 2022,[12] before being renamed again as Pas de Vagues in July 2023.[13]

François Civil was announced in the lead role on 20 May 2022.[10] On 11 July 2022, it was reported that the project was granted an advance on receipts by the CNC.[14]

The Good Teacher was co-produced by France's Kazak Productions[1] and Belgium's Frakas Productions.[4][9] International sales are handled by the Paris-based company Indie Sales.[1] The first image from the film was unveiled on 9 May 2023.[1] The film was introduced to buyers at the 2023 Cannes Film Market with an exclusive promo-reel.[1]

Filming

Principal photography began in Paris on 9 November 2022 and wrapped on 10 December 2022.[15][4]

Release

The Good Teacher will have its world premiere at the Ramdam Festival in Tournai,[16] Belgium on 18 January 2024.[5] The film was originally set to be released theatrically in France by Ad Vitam in the fall of 2023,[1] but the release date was pushed back to 27 March 2024.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Keslassy, Elsa (9 May 2023). "Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  2. ↑ "Hichame Alaouié" (PDF). Melting Pot Agency. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pas de Vague - Fiche Film". cbo-boxoffice.com (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pas de Vague" (PDF). taxshelter.be (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Pas de Vagues". Ramdam Festival (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Good Teacher de Teddy-Lussi Modeste". Unifrance. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Pas de Vagues". Ad Vitam (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "The Good Teacher - Directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste". Indie Sales. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Pas de Vague". Frakas Productions (in French). Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "L'après-"Titane" de Kazak Productions". Le Film Français. 20 May 2022. p. 14. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Aide au développement de projets d'œuvres cinématographiques de longue durée : résultats de la commission des 11 et 15 octobre 2021". CNC.fr (in French). 15 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 Lavallée, Eric (9 January 2023). "Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #159. Teddy Lussi-Modeste's Pas de vague". Ioncinema. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ad Vitam précise son line-up du premier trimestre 2024" [Ad Vitam announces its line-up for the first quarter of 2024]. Boxoffice Pro (in French). 17 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (11 July 2022). "Sofia Djama's A Quarter To Thursday In Algiers scoops an advance on receipts". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Casting Paris : femmes et hommes de 20 à 40 ans pour un film avec François Civil". Figurants.com (in French). 26 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  16. ↑ Lepoutte, Pascal (20 December 2023). "Le Tournai Ramdam Festival est devenu "une grosse machine"". L’Avenir (in French).
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