Monsieur Lazhar DVD Cover 1 of 1

Monsieur Lazhar (2012) DVD Cover #1

Bachir Lazhar has emigrated from his native Algeria to Canada, where he is awaiting approval of his asylum application. When he is hired as a substitute teacher at a French-Canadian school, Bachir finds that he is often ill-equipped to deal with his new students and their shock over their previous teacher’s death.