Movies and series about school life: getting ready for the school year with the "Watcher"

In the new episode of The Watcher, Alexei Khromov and Mikhail Volnykh return to school and recall the most iconic films and series on this topic. From Soviet classics like "We'll Live Until Monday" to modern projects that made a lot of noise - such as "School" by Valeria Gai Germanika and the Estonian drama "Class". And Asya Volodina, the author of the novels Protagonist and Part of the Picture, helps the presenters to remember everything.

03:41 - will the film "Breakfast Club" change if its action is transferred from school to places of deprivation of liberty.

06:20 - at what age can you watch school movies and TV shows.

15:00 - have the problems of schoolchildren changed a lot from the 20th century to the present day.

21:35 - how the film "The Wall" displayed the problems of education in conservative England.

27:46 - Problems of Yeralash.

37:29 - Are there any good series about school in Russia now?

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