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Le Brio (2017)

Name: Le Brio
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2017-11-22
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Camélia Jordana, Yasin Houicha, Nozha Khouadra, Nicolas Vaude

Le Brio (2017), directed by Yvan Attal, starring Daniel Auteuil and Camélia Jordana.

11/22/2017 BR Comedy and Drama 1h 35m

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Synopsis

After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.

Rémy ChevrinCinematography
Yvan AttalDirector, Writer
Célia LafitedupontEditing
Benjamin ElaloufProducer

About the film

Le Brio is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Yvan Attal.

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Le Brio is a 2017 French comedy film directed by Yvan Attal.

Plot

Neïla lives in the Paris suburb Créteil with her mother and grandmother. She enrolls herself into Panthéon-Assas University in the hopes of becoming a lawyer, but meets with public humiliation tainted with racism from the controversial professor Mazard when she arrives late for one of his lectures. The incident finds its way online, and the dean of the law school catches wind of the incident and steps in, only to task the professor, as a means to make amends, to mentor Neïla for an upcoming debating/public speaking contest. Although Neïla finds Mazard cynical and exacting, she learns from him, and both of them have to overcome their prejudices during the course of working together.

Cast

Daniel Auteuil as Pierre Mazard, professor of law

Camélia Jordana as Neïla Salah, law student

Yasin Houicha as Mounir, Neïla's boyfriend, and driver

Nozha Khouadra as Neïla's mother

Nicolas Vaude as the Président de Paris II-Panthéon Assas

Jean-Baptiste Lafarge as Benjamin, a law student

Claude Perron as the woman walking her dog

Virgil Leclaire as Keufran, a friend of Neïla

Zohra Benali as the grandmother of Neïla

Damien Zanoly as Jean Proutot, a law student

Jean-Philippe Puymartin as the chair of the competition

Paulette Joly as Madame Mazard

Background

The film was shot in Paris, at Panthéon-Assas University, Nanterre University, the Sorbonne and the Sainte-Geneviève Library in the 5th arrondissement. The scenes in the Paris métro where Neïla has to talk to indifferent passengers were filmed on the 3bis metro line.

Camélia Jordana received the César Award for Best Female Revelation in 2018; the film itself and Daniel Auteuil were also both nominated for the Césars.

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External links

Le Brio at IMDb

Text from Le Brio on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Brio

Trivia

It grossed US$ 11 million worldwide.
It premiered on November 22, 2017, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h35 — a typical feature length.
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — César Award for Best Female Revelation among them.
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Belas Artes à La Carte.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.