Michael Sullivan arbeitet als Killer für den Mafia-Boss Rooney. Nachdem sein älterer Sohn zufällig Zeuge eines Mordes wird, an dem er beteiligt ist, gerät alles außer Kontrolle. Seine Frau und sein jüngerer Sohn werden ermordet und er findet sich, verfolgt von der Mafia und Rachepläne schmiedend, mit seinem Sohn auf der Flucht wieder.
Germain ist von seinem Lehrerjob frustriert. Vergeblich müht er sich, seinen 16-jährigen Schülern die Literatur schmackhaft zu machen. Diese liefern immer das gleiche trostlose und desinteressierte Gekritzel ab. Einzig Claude, der immer in der letzten Reihe sitzt, lässt in einem eindringlichen Essay so etwas wie Schreibtalent aufblitzen. Dieser beschreibt bis ins intimste Detail, wie er sich das Vertrauen eines Mitschülers erschleicht, um am Wochenende in dessen Elternhaus heimlich die Familie zu beobachten. Mit einem starken Hang zum Voyeurismus schafft es Claude, Germain mit seinem Text in den Bann zu ziehen. Germain und seine Frau Jeanne wähnen ein verborgenes Talent entdeckt zu haben, und da Germain seinen Schüler unbedingt fördern will, ermuntert er ihn zum Weiterschreiben. Doch mit seiner Ermutigung löst er eine Kette von Ereignissen aus, die bald nicht mehr zu kontrollieren sind ...
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
A father films the daily efforts and struggle of his son to do his homework. Completing the school tasks is an agony that oppresses the creative passion of a restless, imaginative boy. His father gets deeply involved so he can understand what the problem is, and spends an hour every day to help him with his homework. Days, weeks, years go by, and we observe how the eagerness to learn clashes with the ghost of school dropout. The endearing relationship between father and son, a real rollercoaster of emotions, reveals with a sense of humour the contradictions in the French education system.
Thirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a vintage clothing shop, Jesse sees a doll that looks exactly like his dreaded teacher, and he convinces the shopkeeper to sell it to him. When Jesse accidentally pierces the doll's arm with a sewing needle, he is shocked to find Mrs. Fink with her arm in a sling the next day and gets spooked when a spot on the doll's face appears, exactly where Mrs. Fink has a mole.
Jim, a slacker college student, decides to procrastinate on an essay worth 25% of his grade. Will he finish in time, or suffer the consequences?
A short film about coffee, reading emails and homework.
Estonian/Soviet animation short. Jaak makes a robot that can do all the homework. Eventually, Jaak becomes so lazy that he sends the robot to school instead of himself. Then the robot gets very angry and punishes Jaak.
Sofía tries to decide which is the most important virtue of all, while Faith, Justice and Charity try to gain her attention.
One day before the delivery of the project, our main character has to make the most important decision of his semester.
A desperate student races against the clock to find a specific coffee in order to finish his essay before midnight.
Teens share their problems through home movies