THE MORNING LIST
This week, history is made, for better or worse. The young generation followed by François Chevré has entered secondary school. Donald Trump will arrive at the White House in January 2025, with the wind from Moscow in his favor. A rare trip to Bhutan, at the foot of the Himalayas, a model student in the fight against global warming but threatened by the melting of glaciers. And another magical mountain, the summit of literature that gave glory and the Nobel Prize to Thomas Mann (1875-1955).
Coline, Mohamed, Lilou, Riwan and Maël enter second grade
It is the first year of high school for Coline, Mohamed, Lilou, Riwan and Maël, the five young people from Rennes who meet once a year from 2020 to 2029 in front of François Chevré’s camera. Halfway through this unique adventure – following them for a decade and recounting it in an annual documentary – the director still aims to paint the youthful portrait of a generation. We, the viewers, find them more like distant second cousins, whom we only see once a year, during the end-of-year holidays, with benevolent curiosity.
Like a ritual, episode 5 begins with the start of the school year in September 2023, but this time at the institute: in Chateaubriand (Rennes), for Riwan, Mohamed, Maël and Coline, and at the Simone general and technological institute. Veil. Liffré school (Ille-et-Vilaine), for Lilou. Entry into the second year constitutes an indisputable level in the school curriculum. Are they aware of it? “I’m a 15-year-old looking for directions, that’s all! »Mohamed said.
HAS ” Castle “as the students call it, says a young teacher “The 4D rule: desire, decision, determination and discipline.” In addition to the eternal dialogues between parents and children about grades or lack of work, there are some socially instructive sequences: parent-teacher conferences; teen rooms; the mandatory end-of-year internships… François Chevré also seems to be looking for guidance. Only half of parents play this game, while adolescents become increasingly independent by nature, at the risk of falling into a certain superficiality. Courage: just apply the “4D rule”. C.Pa.
“Generation 2008. Who will they be tomorrow? », documentary series by François Chevré, episode 5 (fr., 2024, 52 min). Available in replay with previous episodes on lcp.fr and on the LCP YouTube channel until November 12, 2031.
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