If you loved Ernest & Celestine, try School of Life

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, outsider, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ernest & Celestine, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweetforeign gemoutsidertender

What School of Life is

A stiff 1930 Paris orphan lands in the deep woods where the trees outnumber his manners. Sent to live with a cheerful country couple, he meets their stern employer, a count of few words. The forest is beautiful but the boy is not.

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