30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Normal (2010) 14

Switzerland | 2010 | 60 min.

A portrait of an extraordinary teacher and her class. She teaches children who are disabled, who have learning difficulties, and who are highly gifted together in one classroom. While the school administration worries about if and how a disabled child should be integrated into secondary school, we observe daily life in this exceptional class, where children philosophize about, for example, God and death. A portrait about how the classroom returns to normal by defining new norms. The children do not perceive their divergent abilities as a deficit, but rather as a chance and source of enrichment.

CountrySwitzerland
Year2010
Duration60 min
Rating14
LanguageFrench, German
SubtitleEnglish, Czech
Directed by Bernard Weber
Screenplay Bernard Weber
Director of Photography Reinhard Köcher, Bernard Weber, Matthias Kälin
Music Fabian Römer
Edited by Gisela Weibel, Bernard Weber
Contact Artisan Films GmbH

Biography

A director, screenwriter and cinematographer, he studied film at the University of Visual Arts in Geneva (ESAV). He works independently. His work includes TV series, short live-acted films and feature-length documentaries, e.g. Elena's Chance (2009), Normal (2010) and Bergleben (2014).

Friendship, Childhood, Documentary, Education, Mental Health, Diversity

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