Mme Brûlé​

Mme Brûlé
by Empire Pagaille

Called in for a last-minute replacement in class 503 at l’École des Petits Travailleurs, Mrs. Brûlé is euphoric at the idea of getting her first work contract. However, her enthusiasm quickly gives way to panic when she realizes that she is in fact the fourth substitute of the year and that her arrival in the class coincides with the annual parents’ meeting, during which she must hand in report cards. Finding no evaluation or report card, Mrs. Brûlé sets out to go through all the concepts of the year in one day. Lack of preparation and authority, defective furniture, an unsympathetic principal, dissipated students: chaos quickly ensues in the classroom. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Mrs. Brûlé clings to one hope: to change the world one child at a time!