Skirt Day(2008)
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Movie: Skirt Day
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sonia Bergerac
Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Principal
Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
Minister of the Interior
Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
Student Mouss M'Diop
Student Sébastien Lenoir
Student Nawel Jabli
Student Mehmet
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