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In Review: The Book Thief

by Mairéad Roche 28 February 2014

 World War II stories are now a near genre in and of themselves in literature and cinema. However, with The Book Thief, director Brian Percival takes Michael Petroni’s adaptation of Markus Zusak’s original novel and allows for a fresher perspective on the war: that of ordinary German people living through the Nazi regime.

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In Review: Monsieur Lazhar

by Mairéad Roche 1 May 2012

Set in a Montreal school, director Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar tells the story of the titular Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag), an Algerian immigrant to Quebec. Lazhar becomes the new teacher to a class of 11-12 year olds after their previous teacher committed suicide in their classroom, a suicide discovered by two of her pupils.

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