During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the…

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother’s life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists….