The Best Job in the World
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To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.
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Gérard Depardieu
Laurent Monier
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Gérard Lauzier Director · Jean-Yves Le Mener Cinematographer Georges Klotz Editor
First release December 11, 1996 · Produced in France · Production Film Par Film, Orly Films
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DD Productions
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Film Par Film
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Orly Films
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Prima Film
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Sédif Productions
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TF1 Films Production
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France
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Original title
Le Plus Beau Métier du monde
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 11, 1996
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No release date listed for United States.
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October 26, 2025 · TV · RMC Life
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