We get through life and this is part of the education process also. In real life, we meet bad bosses and good… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play… — Philippe Falardeau Character Copy Share Image
I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep… — Philippe Falardeau Archaeology Copy Share Image
It's like a laboratory, a micro-society of real life, so it didn't look odd to talk about bureaucracy. In the school, in… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I didn't want the film to be didactic, and this is tough because if you look at the list of issues, you… — Philippe Falardeau Cinema Copy Share Image
My film is in French. It's not something folkloric. It's who we are. There's this tension about immigrants coming in. Will they… — Philippe Falardeau Film Copy Share Image
I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had… — Philippe Falardeau Affair Copy Share Image
It's the same challenge as with any other character, adults or not. You want to take time with the kids. You want… — Philippe Falardeau Adults Copy Share Image
The teacher will never be a parent. The parents are the parents. But they have to engage in some sort of active… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
It's a romantic view of Canada. It's like Michael Moore saying we don't lock our doors in Canada. I lock my door… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would… — Philippe Falardeau College Copy Share Image
It's cool that we got rid of that, but we got rid of everything - the encouraging pat on the back or… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I needed to create some dramatic tension to sustain the interest of the audience. For instance, the boy in the film is… — Philippe Falardeau Audience Copy Share Image
At the end, what I like is that it's the girl's decision to go back in the room. She needs a hug,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
If you look at the Oscars and look at the Best Foreign Language series, you see that the films are coming from… — Philippe Falardeau Academy Copy Share Image
We also have this reflex of using specialists for everything, instead of having the person who is there every day with them,… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
Getting it off the ground is one thing because it has to do with finding the proper people and the financing, but… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
If you read Herodotus, the first Greek historian 2,500 years ago, he was talking about that - about people mixing with other… — Philippe Falardeau Country Copy Share Image
I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image