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Skirt Day
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Title: Skirt Day

Release Date: 9 Nov 2008

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genre: Drama

Director: Fontana, RTBF, ARTE, Mascaret Films

Production Companies: Fontana, RTBF, ARTE, Mascaret Films

Overview: A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (176 votes)

Cast

  • Sonia Bergerac: Isabelle Adjani
  • Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator: Denis Podalydès
  • Principal: Jackie Berroyer
  • Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior: Yann Collette
  • Minister of the Interior: Nathalie Besançon
  • Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband: Marc Citti
  • Student Mouss M'Diop: Yann Ebongé
  • Student Sébastien Lenoir: Kévin Azaïs
  • Student Nawel Jabli: Sonia Amori
  • Student Mehmet: Khalid Berkouz
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