Into Film Clubs
Into Film Clubs provide opportunities to watch, review and make films.
2021
98 minutes
Drama
French (English subtitles)
If you're interested in this film being added to the Into Film+ streaming service, please let us know and we’ll explore adding it. Find out more.
Youri is a resourceful teenager and a gifted engineer who lives in Cité Gagarine, an apartment complex named after his own namesake, the Russian astronaut Youri Gagarine. Although he has been abandoned by his mother, Youri is optimistic about the future and obsessed with science in all its forms, especially the concept of space travel. Spending his free time fixing all the broken technology and equipment in the building, which are all on their last legs, he is devastated to find out that Gagarine is set to be demolished and everybody who lives there must leave. Determined to make sure that the building will survive and his community will not be fractured, he enlists the help of his best friend Houssam and the gifted Diana, a local Roma girl on which he as a quiet crush, to defend the building until the end. This stylish French drama explores the meaning of community in the face of marginalisation and how our aspirations can be realised no matter how much the odds are stacked against us.
Stream on Into Film+
In a smoggy steam-powered Paris, young scientist April is trying to finish her parents’ project to invent an invincibility serum.
Certificate
Read MoreStream on Into Film+
At a boarding school for 'difficult' children in post-war France, a teacher manages to connect with the pupils through the power of music.
Certificate
Read MoreFrench comedy about a girl with an amazing singing voice who, in order to pursue her talents, must move away from her deaf parents who rely on her.
Certificate
Read MoreA poignant and hopeful classroom drama about a new teacher who comes in to help a class deal with a recent trauma.
Certificate
Read MoreClub Leaders can rate films! Help other club leaders decide if this film is suitable for use in their film club by giving it a rating.
Rate this filmThis film does not have any reviews yet.
As a Film Club leader you can download our film review resources to encourage your club members to review this film.
Film review resourcesInto Film Clubs provide opportunities to watch, review and make films.
Information on which licences you need to show films in your education setting.
Find out more about what's involved in running your very own Into Film Club.
Viewing 0 of 0 related items.