School of Babel

School of Babel

Directed by Julie Bertuccelli

Produced by Les Films du Poisson, Sampek Productions

201489 min6.6 / 10

A warm, observational documentary about adolescent immigrants navigating language, identity, and belonging through a year in a French classroom.

They just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbs, Brazilians Tunisians, Chinese and Senegalese ... For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed talks, conflicts and joys of this group of students aged 11 to 15 years, together in the same class to learn French.

Questions people ask

  • Is School of Babel violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is School of Babel scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is School of Babel easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does School of Babel end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is School of Babel sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

51/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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