School of Babel (La Cour de Babel): Rome Review

French director Julie Bertuccelli's non-fiction film looks at a class of immigrant kids in Paris's 10th arrondissement. A special class for young immigrant children in France is the subject of French director Julie Bertuccelli’s non-fiction feature, School of Babel (La Cour de Babel). The footage, shot over the course of a year at the Granges-aux-Belles secondary school in Paris’s mixed 10th arrondissement, focuses on a special “reception class,” where students who speak little to no Fre...