The Student

Here's a film that thinks it's a French New Wave. A student prepping for teaching exams meets and is distracted by a musician. Another entry for your "movies that are movies" shelf.

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Claude Pinoteau directed The Student in 1988. See Claude Pinoteau's full filmography, where to start with Claude Pinoteau, or where to go after you've seen everything by Claude Pinoteau.

The Student was released in 1988 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.