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　　今年是布埃尔老师最后一年在这个班里上课。这是一个略微有点特殊的班级，学生来自这个村镇的各个地方，他们的水平和年龄有所不同，但是布埃尔老师对他们的关心都是一样的。布埃尔老师会在每周二的下午给孩子们进行听写测验，尽管这是孩子们最不喜欢的一个部分，但是布埃尔老师会用自己独特的叙述方式让孩子们乖乖地坐在书桌前。索林是布埃尔老师的一名学生，但是他的水平明显跟不上别的孩子，布埃尔老师在这时开始阐述他的教育法则了：因材施教，不要给学生太大的压力，还是要以鼓励为主。后来我们了解到，原来这个班级里的学生家长大部分也是布埃尔老师带出来的，这更增添了布埃尔老师在这所学校里面的威严。布埃尔老师不但在课上给同学们讲法国大诗人兰波的诗集，陶冶他们的情操，还爱在课下和小朋友们一起踢球。当遇到两位同学因为对方的身材过胖而产生的争论的时候。布埃尔老师不会硬生生地把两个孩子拉开，而是他会跟他们讲人都是不满足自己的现状的，金发的想要黑发，蓝眼睛的想要绿眼睛。但是最重要的是我们要承认自己的物理状态。这才是重要的。小时候的争论如果不正确对待的话，长大了这些孩子很有可能会走上打架斗殴的道路。布埃尔老师在带领孩子们社会化的过程中也做出了很多努力，比如让孩子们自己去买面包，带他们去巴黎徒步远行，教会他们坐地铁。其实很多人都觉得布埃尔老师没有必要这么拼命，承担这么多责任，但正是因为布埃尔对于整个村子和村民的大爱才让他获得了人们的尊重，最后，在布埃尔老师走的那一天，许多人都哭了。布埃尔本人也潸然泪下。

　　The film accompanies Magaye Niyang, a star of Touki-Bouki, a 1972 classic directed by her own uncle Djibril Diop. Following this path, we are witness of Niyang travel to a special screening of the film, which has a public release in his old town. Niyang seems detached and with a heavy longing from the past, and therefore, the film debris permeates everything with unescapable sorrow and fascination.
　　Diop film is, first and foremost, a nostalgic travel through memory, time and recreation. It is also a watermark in contemporary experimental documentary, a very intimate portrait of a lost long journey through the past that isn’t returning anymore, a detachment of rejected fame, recognition and connection which is heavily grounded on a legacy that belongs to the past, and that connects directly to a country (Senegal) and its heritage, which is sometimes feel excruciating for the old ones (a testimony such as the taxi scene in the film, where the cab driver longs for changes, and claims that the old generation had done nothing for that).
　　Mille Soleils (A Thousand Suns) and, in itself, Mati Diop’s crucial talent, should be a point of reference into what could easily be one of the most interesting proposals of hybrid documentary cinema which has come from France, and which deals with a strong African heritage. Since 35 Rhums, where she proved her actress talent, Diop seems like a true promise for the following years of cinema.

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