(Ser y Tener)
Nicolas Philibert
To Be and To Have (French: Être et avoir) is a 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert. It was nominated as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.
The film won several awards, including the 2003 Sacramento French Film Festival Audience Prize.[2]
Following the film's success and widespread viewing, Lopez, the principal personality in the documentary, made an unsuccessful attempt to sue the documentary's makers for a share of the €2 million profit. French film unions warned that if Lopez had been successful it would have spelt "the death of the documentary, undermining the crucial principle that subjects should not be paid to participate".[3]
After losing his claim Lopez stated that he, the children and their families had been misled by the film's production company:
"We were misled. The production company told me and the children's families that they were making a small documentary about the phenomenon of the one-teacher village school and that the film would be used primarily for educational purposes. "They said it would have a restricted screening and never discussed marketing the film to make it such a commercial venture."[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_and_to_Have
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIHuhxF6Z7o&feature=related
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