Le Brio (2017) on Netflix
Neïla enrolls at Panthéon-Assas to study law. Late to Pierre Mazard's lecture, she is humiliated by his racist remarks, and he must coach her for a speech contest to make amends.
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Plot summary
Neïla Salah, a student of Algerian descent, lives with her mother and her grandmother in a housing project outside Paris. She wants to become a lawyer and has enrolled at Panthéon-Assas University. On her first day she arrives late for a lecture by Pierre Mazard, a veteran and controversial law professor, and he takes her to task in words tainted with racism. Word of the incident spreads online, and the president of the university asks Mazard to make amends by coaching Neïla for a debating and public speaking contest. Mazard agrees reluctantly, and Neïla must prepare with the man who humiliated her. She has friends in her neighborhood and a boyfriend, Mounir, an Uber driver.
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