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It All Starts Today (2000)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:12
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: When a kindergarten teacher (Philippe Torreton) living in a rural town in France finds that the coal mines--the main source of income--have been closed down, his community changes, becoming... When a kindergarten teacher (Philippe Torreton) living in a rural town in France finds that the coal mines--the main source of income--have been closed down, his community changes, becoming increasingly poverty-stricken and decrepit. One day when a drunk mother collapses in the school yard, then abandons her children, Daniel decides to take the kids into his own home. That is the beginning of a critical, reactionary stand he decides to take against the deterioration of his village. A tough and endearing tale, director Bertrand Tavernier (ROUND MIDNIGHT) has made a fine picture with this one. [More]
Starring: Philippe Torreton, Francoise Bette, Maria Pitarresi, Christine Citti
Starring: Philippe Torreton, Francoise Bette, Maria Pitarresi, Christine Citti, Nadia Kaci
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Screenwriter: Bertrand Tavernier, Dominique Sampiero, Tiffany Tavernier
Producer: Alain Sarde, Friederic Bourboulon
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Reviews for It All Starts Today
Seems cheaply shot and perhaps that is why it just does not ring true.
It's a difficult trick to pull off this kind of story with the light touch Truffaut gave to Small Change. But Tavernier is a professional, and his doses of gravity and humanity give him a passing grade.
An impeccably tight movie about a French kindergarten teacher, where every scene serves the story
A model of politically engaged cinema, offering a clear-eyed view of a social problem without pretending to have any easy solutions.
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