To Be and to Have

To Be and To Have French tre et Avoir also the UK title is a 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert about a small rural school. It was nominated as an Out of Competition film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and achieved commercial success. The film became the subject of an unsuccessful legal action by the schools teacher, who said that he and the childrens parents had been misled about the films intended audience, and that he and the children had been exploited.

Speaking after the court case, Lopez said that he, the children and their families had been misled by the films production company about the purpose and intended audience of the filmWe were misled. The production company told me and the childrens families that they were making a small documentary about the phenomenon of the oneteacher village school and that the film would be used primarily for educational purposes. They said it would have a restricted screening, and never discussed marketing the film to make it such a commercial venture....We had no idea that it would be in cinemas all over the country, released on DVD or distributed abroad. ........

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