‘Classroom 8’ by Jamal Belmejdoub

‘Classroom 8’ is one of the films I like a lot when I watch back in 2005. The film is about naughty boys in school and whom of us that does not experience this phase, but the story here is different a little bit.

The film revolves around two naughty and aggressive students Mjid (Rafik Boubker) and Miloud (Aziz Hattab) and their newly appointed young teacher Laila (Fatima khair).  Mjid and Miloud are example of all students who go to the class not for study but just to have fun at the expense of their teachers and class-mates. Once Laila starts the classes Mjid and Milod keeps bothering and interrupting her and making fun of her and the class. Mjid from the first sight seems to fall all over Laila and he spies on her personal life with her fiancé. To some extant Mjid mixes Laila's personal life with his fun in the class and that drive Laila mad and she pass out.

Laila’s fiancé, Rachid, tries to interfere in order to help Laila, but she refuses that and manages to deal the matter alone. Afterwards, Laila changes her way of dealing with her students as a punishment for them, and also she gives them an example of the other type of teachers who unwilling to bother themselves with students. At the end, Laila succeeds to change the behaviors of her naughty students and helped them to set new goals for their life.

‘Classroom 8’ is a perfect sample of the difficulties that teachers encounter in their mission which hinder the transmission and the construction of knowledge with students. The film also gives a picture of aggressive students and emphasizes the condition in which Mjid lives in. the idea behind this is that a boy/girl is made aggressive due to certain conditions and through communication and understanding one can change his/her behaviors.

Director: Jamal Belmejdoub

Year: 2004

Genre: Drama