To Be and to Have

To Be and to Have

Infobox Film
name = Être et avoir


caption =
director = Nicolas Philibert
producer = Gilles Sandoz
writer =
narrator =
starring = Georges Lopez
music = Philippe Hersant
cinematography = Laurent Didier
Katell Djian
Hugues Gemignani
Nicolas Philibert
editing = Nicolas Philibert
distributor =
released = May 19 2002
runtime = 104 mins
country = flagicon|FranceFrance
language = French
budget = €1,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:265268
imdb_id = 0318202

"To Be and To Have" ( _fr. Être et avoir) is a 2002 French documentary film directed by Nicolas Philibert.

The documentary title literally translates as "To be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez.

The film won the 2003 Sacramento French Film Festival Audience Prize.

Following the film's success, Lopez, the principal personality in the documentary, sued director Nicolas Philibert, claiming he deserved a share of its €2 million profit. The French court rejected Lopez' claim. According to news reportage, French film unions warned that if Lopez had been successful it would have spelt "the death of the documentary, undermining the crucial principle that subjects should not be paid to participate". [cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1315116,00.html|publisher=The Guardian|author=Amelia Gentleman|title=Defeat for teacher who sued over film profits|date=2004-09-29]

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