The Idealist

Storyline

Adrien Kaminsky is a young French teacher in a high school in Le Havre. Passionate, he gives his all to his job, and the students give it back to him. When a student discovers that he is homosexual, he falls off his pedestal and is soon violently assaulted in front of the school. As the assault sends a wave through the system, Adrien begins to doubt his vocation.