Être et avoir

It is the ultimate feel-good education documentary that set the standard for many films that followed in this genre. The 2002 French success film Être & Avoir in which director Nicolas Philibert spent 10 weeks following charismatic master Georges Lopez and his motley collection of pupils - from pre-schoolers to the final year of primary school - all in one class. From learning to read to maths, with calmness and patience, Lopez gives his pupils confidence and prepares them for life outside the school walls. Nicolas Philibert's award-winning education documentary Être & Avoir evoked a nostalgic longing from a large audience for the simplicity of life as it still existed in the French countryside.