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Skirt Day

Skirt Day

Drama · 2008

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

Movie details

Skirt Day

2008 Drama 1h 28m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Skirt Day?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Written by

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani

Sonia Bergerac

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator

Jackie Berroyer

Jackie Berroyer

Principal

Yann Collette

Yann Collette

Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior

Nathalie Besançon

Nathalie Besançon

Minister of the Interior

Marc Citti

Marc Citti

Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband

Yann Ebongé

Yann Ebongé

Student Mouss M'Diop

Court is in session

Put Skirt Day on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.