In a town in northern France, teenagers sitting for the baccalaureate await the fateful date with anxiety tempered with indifference. The past year has been the scene of their conflicts with adults and teachers alike who consider the exam as the highway to employment. The disillusioned teenagers see it more as the dead-end street to unemployment.
Film critic Richard Pena introduces the films of Maurice Pialat (The Mouth Agape, Graduate First, Loulou, Under the Sun of Satan, Van Gogh).
