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Once in a Lifetime

2014-12-031h 45mDrama7.4/10TMDB · 331 votes

At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.

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Directed byMarie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Original languageFrench

Original release2014-12-03

ProductionFrance

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Ariane AscarideAnne Gueguen

Ahmed DraméMalik

Noémie MerlantMélanie

Geneviève MnichYvette Thomas

Stéphane BakMax

Wendy NietoJamila

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Aïmen DerriachiSaïd Mohamed SeddikiOlivier / Brahim Adrien HurdubaeThéo Alicia DadounCamélia Naomi AmargerJulie Amine LansariRudy Thomas BénéteauThomas Xavier MalyPrincipal Léon ZyguelLéon Zyguel Lionel CecilioJoe Khadim SyllaKevin Clara ChoïStudent of the class Yume NanbuStudent of the class Abdel-Akim MebtoucheStudent of the class Gabriel BeaudetStudent of the class Gladys CohenMadame Levy Samia SassiNadia's mother Jassem MougariInsulting student Christian DrillaudJury President Simone VeilSelf (archive footge)Rachid MouraPoliceman (uncredited)

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