The documentary, devoted to the last days of the professor who was tragically beheaded by an Islamist terrorist. This film highlights the failings of the state and the national education system in this deeply disturbing case.
Direction
Lancellotti and Perez build unbearable tension through quiet reconstruction.
Editing
Timeline of warnings ignored cuts like a thriller — except it's real.
Production
Access to family voices makes this devastatingly intimate.
Director
Christophe Lancellotti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during France's ongoing debates about laïcité, the film became immediate political ammunition — Macron's government initially resisted its premiere.
Paty's actual lesson plan is revealed: he specifically offered students to leave before showing the images, making the 'provocation' narrative collapse.
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