In the small community school of Cheratte, a former mining town, pupils with an immigrant background finish their primary education with Brigitte, a dynamic teacher. The film follows these children in their daily lives, throughout the school year. The teacher’s pedagogical approach, linked to the nearby coal mine, allows them to build themselves in a changing world faced with social networks and the questioning of Islam after the terrorist attacks. Narrated by the children’s voices, the links between past, present and future are woven, allowing a whole community to integrate into a bright and colorful patchwork.
Children of chance
In the small community school of Cheratte, a former mining town, pupils with an immigrant background finish their primary education with Brigitte, a dynamic teacher. The film follows these children in their daily lives, throughout the school year. The teacher’s pedagogical approach, linked to the nearby coal mine, allows them to build themselves in a changing world faced with social networks and the questioning of Islam after the terrorist attacks. Narrated by the children’s voices, the links between past, present and future are woven, allowing a whole community to integrate into a bright and colorful patchwork.
