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Film Review: "The History teacher".

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"The History teacher" in english, "Les heritiers" in french, "La profesora de historia" in Spanish, a film by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. This film is based on a true story about Ms Anna Guenguen, who is a History teacher at a secondary school in France. Her pupils are not different from the rest, but probably a bit lazier than others. She must always begin her lessons with phrases like: "Out your bags!", "Out your caps!", "Out your phones!", "Out your chewing-gums!". Everyday she tells them that they must have their books on the table and be quiet. To get good results, Ms Gueguen decides to take part in a national competition titled "Children and teenagers in the Nazi Concentration Camps System". In that moment, the guys change their minds. They start to read a lot of books, like: "Anna Frank's Diary", or "One life" by Simone Veil. They get to understand the meaning ...