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THE PATH OF EXCELLENCE

-Get your ass over here, help me. -I can't.

-Leaving? -I have class.

See you tonight.

Honestly, sir, I don't get it, I'm sorry.

Make an effort, Axel.

I'll fail my paper anyway.

I have to get used to the idea.

Well, does anybody have a solution?

No?

No one?

-Tiphaine? -No, sir.

-Sophie... -Yes.

We need to use a binomial distribution with parameters k=5,

n=10, p=1/3.

The binomial coefficient k among n is...

252.

So, OL has a probability of winning the championship of...

0.1365.

Well, that's good.

Please teach me the theorem

we learned in class last week.

What'll you do next year?

What do you think about a degree in mathematics?

Well, thank you, Axel. Thank you for this display of maturity.

Oh, one last thing. Please, please.

About Parcoursup, you have

two weeks to know what you want,

so if you need any advice, don't hesitate to come and see me.

And above all, don't hold back!

Have a good day.

Goodbye.

Thank you, goodbye.

"The new goals of the Commission are: protect the

"climate, contribute to a non-toxic environment,

"local production, short circuits..."

Here are the courtyard dimensions...

I also measured them...

3 m2 per animal.

So, what percentage of the feed

comes from the farm?

I wrote that down somewhere, but where did I put it?

Yes, I wrote it here.

35%.

That's right.

They're driving me crazy.

Mom, stop! It worked last year,

it will now too.

We'll never get the grant.

-Why would you say that? -They just want to screw us.

They're working alongside big retailers.

You think they give a shit!

Let's wait and see, Laurent.

Wait and see? To

get 12,000 bucks from 400-pages of paperwork

just to ease their conscience?

No room for small farms,

it's all intensive.

You're confusing everything.

Aren't you angry?

You have your little studies, anyways.

Hey, you're not being fair, Lolo.

What's wrong? Come on, can't we laugh in this house?

Léo, Léo!

I hope it's not the gross stuff.

Not lentils, please.

-Sophie? -Yes!

I'll catch up.

Let's talk about hopes.

Uh, the IUT in Roanne.

-Agro then... -Yes.

You'll have no problem getting that.

Have you looked at the MPSI preparatory schools?

Why don't we start dreaming? What would you like to do?

I'm not sure...

I'm OK with IUT.

Sophie, you have a talent for math. You should do something with it.

IUT is good, but an MPSI course

opens a world of possibilities.

In so many areas...

I've got to go, Mr. Radeck. Thanks.

Dad, I don't think he's OK.

Hold him tight.

Quiet, there, gently.

Is that you, Sophie?

Yes, I'm just checking something. Good night!

Good night.

PREP CLASS

MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS PREPRATION CLASS

RENE DESCARTES HIGH SCHOOL COMMITMENT AND EXCELLENCE

SIX FIRST CLASS YEARS,

NINE SECOND YEAR CLASSES

What do you think?

What about you?

You won't say anything?

I just wanted Mr. Radeck to explain.

If I leave, it'll be a big change here,

as I'll be working.

That's for sure, but what do you think?

We're talking about you, what's next.

We talked about Agro,

but I looked

and I can do other things...

What do you mean by that?

Mr. Radeck,

I'm a practical person.

If my daughter goes to Roanne for agronomy,

I know where she'll go.

But if she leaves here to do other things, then, as you say,

I can't see so well...

That's what's important, to give

her that opportunity.

So that she can choose later.

She can take exams to get

into a major school.

Mines, Centrale, Polytechnique,

that's top range...

Hello.

Hello.

Or a great engineering program.

She can apply for a scholarship.

I think she's got what it takes.

Do you want that?

Yes. This is what I want.

It's so big.

Am I wrong?

No, I didn't say that, but...

I had no idea it was...

It's impressive, right?

Fourteen, there it is.

How do you like it?

It's well laid out.

I think I'll go.

Don't you want to stay longer?

No, I told Dad I'd be home for dinner.

Oh shoot, I'm going to cry.

Send news soon.

Yes, I will.

Ah, shit.

-Excuse me. -Yeah?

Do you have a tampon?

-Yes, sure. -Thanks.

Here.

-Sophie. -Diane.

I'm right next door.

OK, so if I copulate, you'll hear everything.

Well with the work we have ahead of us,

we might not get lucky...

That's true.

-And where are you from? -Thizy-les-Bourgs.

Where's this Thizy?

The back lands. You?

Belfort. Autonomous region.

What next? What are you after?

-What do you mean? -Well, schools?

Schools?

The exam is next year!

You have to think about it now.

I really don't know.

I'm here for math. You?

Polytechnique or Normal Sup.

Well, Normal. What interests me is research.

The army annoys me.

The army?

Yeah, Polytechnique is military.

Haven't you ever seen the pictures?

Like:

-You haven't? -No!

It's old-school.

-Good? -Good, you?

Not great.

Lycée Descartes is a legacy.

If you're here, it's because you're brilliant

and you want an exceptional education

in terms of quality and density.

For the second year in a row,

we have the same integration rate as the Lycée du Parc.

They'd better watch out

because, and I'm counting on you, we'll overtake them.

Yeah!

Tomorrow, you'll be part of the elite.

And what you accomplish in this school

will serve you for life.

Because it's here, within these walls,

that you begin to build your network.

Here to "capitalize"?

That said, prep class...

Whatever!

...is also,

to paraphrase Aristotle, the school of friendship and humility:

your neighbor to the left or to the right

is undoubtedly more gifted than you.

But if you don't accept this reality,

work on it, change it,

change yourself!

I leave you in good hands, I know them.

When it comes to integration,

no one is obliged to comply.

Have a good day.

Stay in your seats.

Pop quiz, moles!

Raphaël, president of the MP étoile.

Raphaël, Raphaël, Raphaël!

Raphaël, Raphaël, Raphaël!

OK, OK, enough.

Shut your traps, comrades!

Within these walls, visibly, class spirit

is important, even essential.

No one knows anyone.

So, you'll all take turns

standing on the table and we want...

Name, GPA, honors,

age, desired exam, and, and, your...

underwear color.

And we want proof!

Come on, Newbie!

-You mean me? -Yeah, you.

OK.

So, Maxence Bompard,

17.3, summa cum laude,

19, Centrale and...

Green.

Come on, go on!

No thanks, that'll be enough.

No underpants?

Or no balls.

Go easy on scholarship students!

What's wrong with a scholarship?

Nothing, dear, we need the social mix!

Exactly!

Jules Couvreur, 19.9,

congratulations from the jury,

Polytechnique, creator of "Licorne," and, and, and...

and definitely... white.

Your turn.

Sophie Vasseur, 17.9,

summa cum laude, 18 years old.

A top engineering school...

And for the rest... orange.

We didn't see anything!

Don't push her!

She's from the country, don't want to put her off!

So? We want to see!

We want to see!

We want to see! We want to see!

Is that all?

Well done!

Yeah?

-Naked! -Very funny.

Diane Le Goff, 18.8,

FDJ, 18 years old, normal sup,

research in math and...

Blue. But not as blue as your balls.

Big M is a local

maximum,

F prime of C equals

zero. That's it!

To finish, please take the handout on my desk,

with 50 exercises.

Just the basics, I assure you.

We'll grade them on Thursday.

I'm sure you've heard

nonsense about prep courses.

Rest assured, it's not awful.

Expect 70 hours a week,

35 hours of classes, 35 hours of individual work,

not forgetting DS and quizzes.

That's the minimum you need to aim for the best exam banks.

And no weekend breaks.

You take a few breaks and do some exercise.

All you have to do

is work rigorously and regularly.

Basic, isn't it?

Simple, you mean?

What?

You don't have the basics.

Too bad. Have a nice day.

I think I've got it.

It's a free family on R.

Wait two seconds, I'll do three.

-Three's easy, right? -I'm having trouble.

-Want me to help? -No, it's OK.

It's stupid to give us 300 pages of handouts

all at once.

Well, I'm bored. I'll finish tomorrow.

I signed up for acting

tomorrow, coming?

No, I'll never have time.

-Don't want to? -Can't.

OK.

Do you know what the competition banks are?

Yeah.

Engineering schools

are grouped by level.

You take entrance exams.

Bank 1, which is the top level,

with three schools: Polytechnique, Normal Sup Paris and Lyon.

Then Bank 2, less

prestigious schools, but still the best.

And so on and so on.

You end with a bunch of shitty schools in Le Mans!

But avoid that. That's all.

-Good night. -Good night. Thanks.

NEWS AND EVENTS

THE GREAT NAMES IN POLYTECHNICS

-Good luck, guys. -Thanks, man.

All the best.

I studied, but it's not...

-It's your turn. Hello. -Hello.

So, ready for your first quiz?

Kepler's constant?

T² over A³.

T as orbital period and A as semimajor axis.

Write out:

A monochromatic source slit of

width B

is placed at distance L

in the center plane of two YOUNG slits F1 and F2

at distance A.

The screen is at distance D from F1F2.

We have B = 589nm,

L = 50cm,

A = 1mm

and D = 2m.

First, study the illuminance of the screen

and second,

calculate the spatial coherence length of the system.

For us, the altitude of a geostationary satellite.

38,000 kilometers.

OK. Here we go.

Imagine a telescope

in a big observatory, like the one in Chile.

Show me the conjugation and magnification relationship

for a thin lens with the origin in the center.

Apply this relationship to the telescope,

following the example given in the course.

Good.

And you, in turn,

will do the exercise on the interference

between the two parallel mirrors.

-See which? -Yes.

OK, uh, careful, Jules.

The bit on the condition of incoherence, delta-X

doesn't come from nowhere, justify it.

Fix it, please.

Otherwise, it's fine, it has a semblance of solidity.

Thibault, we're not going to spend the night at it.

Come on, speed it up.

Stop! We're stopping everything.

Sophie, what do you think you're demonstrating?

What's the center?

When I say origin in the center, why don't you understand?

What is she trying to demonstrate?

Newton's laws of motion.

Right... So...

So, I start over

to get Descartes' relation?

Stop. That's unbelievable, is that

on purpose?

I said stop!

You'll pass your quizzes when you've read my course at least once.

So... Jules, 14.5,

Thibault, 9, that's slow.

And Sophie, what can I say?

Three. That's very disappointing.

Your year at Descartes will be tough.

I'd like to know one thing,

and to be honest, I'd rather you said no.

Did you study my course?

What is this? Is it back-to-school stress?

I don't run a daycare center, Miss Vasseur!

I've been working.

You seem a bright lady.

I don't want to assume anything, but you're not up to it.

We'll call it an accident,

but you'll have to pick up the pace.

Otherwise, you'll have given up by Christmas.

How was the quiz?

So... not great. And you, for math?

Fine, normal.

-Normal? What did you get? -16.5.

Saving the day...

Who is?

Pains me to admit it,

but you were great.

Merlot was stunned.

It wasn't hard,

it was memorized.

-I don't see the point. -Oh, sure.

I'm just saying it's limiting.

He wants us to spit out

formulas and fit into a mold.

Is that why you came here?

You don't fit in the mold,

with all your formatting clichés?

Wake up, the world's changing.

It's OK to be ambitious.

And what's your ambition?

To pass Centrale or Polytechnique,

go to ENA and make money at Rothschild?

For example.

No dream to me.

What do you think?

No idea...

You're spineless!

Einstein, I'm just wondering

how I'll get through my homework.

Well, you'll work!

That helps.

So, Diane, is there a single mole that wants you?

Tell me, Raphaël, are Daddy's boys allowed to be mentors?

Your friend's tough.

She doesn't need anyone.

Raphaël,

Hey! Will you be my mentor?

Well, here's a smart one, yes.

Come on, then.

Smarter than your friend?

One thing's sure, I don't need you.

Know that being

coached by stars isn't a luxury.

Tell me, Hadrien, does your name have an H to stick out?

It's my mother. She loves Yourcenar.

It's a paperback.

Buffoon.

How's it going, Thibault?

I can't do it, Ma'am.

Have faith.

Thibault?

Just give me a zero, I don't get it anyway.

Well, your comrade loses...

So, Jules, is this circuit going to burn out or not?

One second, normally...

Yes.

-Good. -The red one!

Diane?

Sorry, I'll put it back the way it was.

Go ahead.

How about there?

Right, so just to remind you, the contests are not in pairs.

I'll give you ten. But since you want to share everything,

that's five each.

If you want to imagine the F function, it's like a surface.

-You get it? -Yes.

And you?

For example, here it's a mountain, but it could be a valley...

Wait, I'll be back.

-Hello? -It's me, am I bothering you?

-Yes, but it's OK. -Oh, sorry, but...

I saw that you called me.

I wanted to know if

you'd heard about the grant.

We haven't heard yet, but I think we will soon.

OK. I won't be able to make it back this weekend, I've got too much work.

Your brother's birthday?

We have a physics and chemistry test Monday.

OK. How are you getting on?

Fine, fine.

That's a little "fine".

No, tell me, Sophie.

It's just... Nothing's working here, Mom.

What are you talking about?

I'm just not good enough.

Stop it, this is just the beginning. You'll be fine.

Alright?

You'll hold up? You're stronger than this.

I have to go back. Kisses.

Kisses, my little heart.

I want to represent

you in the pure Descartes tradition.

We have values to defend.

Thank you for listening and vote for me!

It's crazy, not a single girl is running!

She's right. Why don't you go?

-Go ahead! -Whatever!

-Come on, Sophie candidate! -No, no.

Sophie! Sophie!

I have nothing to say.

Too bad for Sophie, who lacked courage,

but I'm going.

Dear Maxence, nice act of faith,

it was very interesting.

With you it's a bygone world.

And my ambition for MPSI 1 can be summed up in two words:

excellence and disruption.

I'm running, because

I believe in us and in our talent.

As Xavier Niel says, "Ambition feeds innovation."

So I'll tell you what: let's aim high,

it might work.

You, me,

well, especially me, are called to do great things,

and it all starts here in this prep school.

And if you vote for me, we'll be the best class at Descartes.

Jules delegate, Jules delegate, Jules delegate!

Jules, 17.5. Very good overall.

Careful with the Grassmann formula.

Thank you.

Aude, 9.5.

You're very close to the average, try harder.

Sophie, what can I say?

I'm sure you can do better: 5.5.

You missed all the matrix calculations.

Pull yourself together.

Remember: accurate, precise, regular.

Diane, 17, overall excellent work.

Not much to say except bravo.

Thank you.

To know your score,

you can come see me at the end of class.

What are you doing?

I'm leaving, I don't belong here.

Yes, you do.

Hey, Soph, hang in there.

Easy for you to say...

I feel like shit.

Last year I got the problems,

I had the solutions.

Just like that!

People were jealous,

and I hadn't asked for anything. I was the nerd!

I did 150 miles, and I

barely understand the instructions, or anything.

Hey, it's OK. Just breathe, OK?

You'll be OK.

It's hard, but you have to hang in there.

Look.

If you want, I have some tranquilizers.

You do? That's all I got.

Here.

It's crazy to see the city from here.

Yeah, it makes you want to eat the world.

It makes me dizzy. I feel tiny.

You're lucky.

Why?

You have the confidence.

We can work together.

-Yeah! -Yeah!

Look at that.

So beautiful.

Sometimes I think the world is ugly.

But not tonight.

If you substitute, according to the balance of forces...

A + mu on m x V + k on m x X = F on m cosine omega t.

If you make the analogy with an electrokinetic circuit?

The same as the equa diff

of the load in a circuit with coil, condo, resistor and

an AC generator with period omega t.

So the solution is the form?

Homogeneous solution, plus

-special solution. -Yes!

I fricking love it!

-Do you love me? -Yes, well, no...

I love physics. I think it's amazing, like ....

Right now I'm imagining the oscillation of a lead ball

hanging on a spring.

I love knowing that, like, I can model its motion, it's...

You're about to have your first scientific orgasm! Congratulations.

Guillaume,

9.5, you're almost there.

Aude, that's good. 13.5.

And Sophie.

Well, Sophie, you've definitely put in the work.

Your best grade in my class so far.

You are above average: 10.5.

The mock exams are coming up. This

is your chance to show what you can do.

To see how you stand up to the pressure.

So, Thibault, 4.5,

and come and see me after class.

Are you OK?

I didn't sleep well. How about yourself?

I'm fine.

I'm trying to concentrate, to... for me, really focus.

You've got four hours from now.

So, you ready now?

3, 2, 1 go.

Well done, respect.

We know how to drink.

Come on, let's go!

So, what do I win?

You win the right to take off your shirt! Right on!

T-shirt, T-shirt, T-shirt.

Yeah, oh, yeah...

I'm glad to be back.

This is Thierry's wine.

The co-op wouldn't buy his grapes.

He made a vintage with his brother.

And I think he did very well.

-Thank you, Thierry. -Taste this, it's Gamay.

-Thierry Martin? -Yeah.

Thank you.

I like it.

I think it's very nice.

Thank you, honey.

Bootlicker!

Well, come on, I'm glad we're all together.

-Cheers! -Cheers!

Cheers, cheers! Don't cross arms.

-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.

-Um, let's move on to dessert. -Yeah.

It's drinkable. How many did you buy?

He gave them to me.

-Thanks. -Oh, well, that's nice.

-Here. -Thanks.

It looks good, huh?

Well, let's taste.

It's so good, it's so good.

Who made it?

It's a new bakery that opened near the school.

It's called "The Miraculous".

How much did you pay?

About 50 bucks.

-For what? -For a cake?

It's for Christmas.

It's a new bakery.

You went all out.

It was a gift.

So, you can see we're tightening our belts!

Dad's even trying to quit smoking and all.

I don't understand.

We didn't get the grant.

That's impossible, I read the

application 10 times.

The asshole

measured the pigsty. There's 18 m2 missing.

Dad and I did the math ten times.

We'll go into

debt to renovate and expand.

We're on thin ice.

In one morning it was done. The guy came and...

I'll see you next year.

And why didn't Mom tell me?

We didn't want to bother you with issues. What

would you have done?

There's a rally on Saturday,

things have to change.

We need to stick

together.

-Are you Laurent's sister? -Yeah.

You're doing the super school?

He exaggerated. I'm doing a prep school in math and physics.

I was lucky to get a scholarship.

That's great.

Do you come here often?

Not at first, but now every weekend.

It keeps me going.

What do you do?

I'm a teacher.

The mayor arranges

transportation for the kids, otherwise schools close.

Hitting rock bottom.

It's ruining everybody's life.

The kid's lives too.

I'm here for them.

We have to stick together,

because it affects all of us, parents...

He's courageous.

Thanks, get home safely.

Yeah.

So?

This is killing me. I thought I was doing well.

Mediocre grades, I'm 22th in my class.

So it's an accident, just an accident.

You have a good average.

I worked.

I had this fricking mock competition.

I just don't get it.

You?

Third.

Miss Vasseur.

Please sit down.

So, Sophie Vasseur,

an honorable average of 12.1, 11th place,

but a disappointing mock exam.

Couldn't stand the pressure?

I can't explain it. I felt ready, honestly.

That's the problem.

But I worked. And not just a little.

You have an academic profile,

but you lack autonomy.

Your friendship with Diane...

It won't help you develop the way you want.

Your classmate has an ease that you lack.

Well, Diane is a first violin, I've never

seen the like.

On the other hand, you, 9.7 coefficient 5...

You won't get the star class.

You don't have the stature.

Mrs. Fresnel is referring to your situation today.

Nothing is fixed in stone.

There are more accessible banks of competitions.

Have you thought about which school you'd like to go to?

The X.

Speak up, miss, we can't hear you.

I want X. Polytechnique.

Even if I'm not the first violin.

It's a free family, and the

value of alpha and mu by

projecting onto R4 vector subspace.

I shouldn't have screwed up this exo. It's almost easy.

Fresnel's right, I'm just mediocre.

The worst!

Who cares about Fresnel?

You screwed up, but that's an accident.

It happens.

Is that for your acting class?

Do you like it?

I love it.

"Countess,

"I love you,

"and of all the men who can love,

"none have a love so pure,

"so reasonable,

"I swear to you on this beautiful hand,

"who surrenders to my caresses.

"Look at me, Madame.

"Turn your beautiful eyes on me,

"do not rob me of the sweet embarrassment I...

"I create. I can see it.

"What a look!

"How charming!"

What do you think?

Magnificent.

Thibault?

I can't do these damn Equas Diffs.

I haven't finished a single problem for tomorrow.

Want to go over it?

I'm fine. Thank you.

-Are you sure? -I'm sure, yes.

Hello everyone.

I'm sorry to tell you that Thibault has left the prep school.

I was sure he would.

If you hadn't been so hard on him.

If I hadn't been demanding,

you wouldn't pass the

written exams.

He belonged here, like the rest of us.

Thibault was totally lost, from the start.

He couldn't keep up the pace.

Can't you understand that

it isn't for everyone?

It's natural selection, Darwin's simple law.

OK, please, Jules, Sophie.

Can we get on with it?

What are you doing?

What? I have three more chapters.

I have my audition. You promised.

Shit, I totally spaced.

I didn't ask for permission.

So what?

All Madame's jewels?

Take them out. I want to choose.

And the shoes, of course, the patent ones.

The ones you've been coveting for years.

For your wedding, no doubt.

No, Ma'am.

Admit he seduced you!

No, Ma'am.

I told you not to spit!

Let them rot in you, girl.

Forgive me.

You crush me under your prudence,

under your humility.

I will be beautiful

as you will never be.

-Hello. -Hey.

You knocked me out with that scene.

Did I?

We saw this script in high school, so boring to read.

But you showed something I hadn't understood before.

Yeah, it's about two maids who kill their boss.

It was shocking in the 1930s.

Who were they?

The Papin sisters. Those two had a lot of anger...

Women of the people.

They wanted to smash the system.

Like the gilets jaunes activists

What do you mean?

The gilet jaunes are fascists.

-Fascists? -They take advantage

of people's confusion

to defend their petty interests.

That's reductive.

Looking closely,

they're right-wing extremists.

Know what minimum wage is like?

In the backlands it's OK...

Rents and food are cheaper.

This is nonsense!

I'm off, girls, see you later!

Well, make your point.

What's 1,200 bucks a month

after you've paid your rent,

groceries, your cigarettes, your gas,

phone, gasoline, when the end

of the month is the 10th?

Can you go out?

Go on vacation to the Landes?

Earth to Diane.

Diane, there's an after party at Victor's tonight, want to go?

Hmm, definitely.

Uh, well, Sophie and Garance.

-Bravo! -Thanks.

Want to come?

Sorry, I'm going home.

Well, I'm going, do you mind?

She's right, Diane, you're too serious!

Julien!

Julien.

Coming to work for tomorrow's quiz?

Yes, if you want.

Actually, I can't. Sorry.

I have to go, but I'll see you later.

Sophie, got a light?

Thanks.

What do you want?

Nothing, just looking at you!

Do you ever miss your hometown?

My hometown! What a joke.

Don't be offended.

No offense, don't worry.

You know "rurals" make France.

They feed the French zeitgeist...

What's that?

Can't you talk normally?

The zeitgeist is the spirit, the culture,

the identity of an era.

I got in trouble,

I don't see how I'll make it.

So your theories...

Can I ask you a question?

Why Polytechnique?

There are loads of other schools.

You'd get into one. Not

the best...

Might as well stop if it's to pick up the crumbs.

I'm also surprised:

why not go to X or Normal?

It opens the door to everything!

And that's exciting! It even makes you dizzy.

I guess I'm different.

My grail is Mines.

My dream is to build windmills...

Windmills?

-What? Isn't that enough? -Yes...

Yes, it is. It's original.

Hadrien does everything differently and loves windmills.

-Don't do that. -Stop what?

Stop hitting on me!

I'm not, newbie. No time to screw.

Uh, sorry,

why are Sup's are eating with Spé's?

What's the big deal?

It's the rules, newbie.

Don't be jealous, Marion,

Hadrien will pay the bill

if he fails the exams.

What does that mean?

"Pimped prep, prep failed," right?

Nonsense. That's your problem,

you see it all through your ass.

If only being a virgin

meant success, wouldn't you be a major?

Country girl is clever.

Yeah. What are you going for this year?

-And you? -Polytechnic.

Polytechnic.

Isn't Diane here?

She asked me to excuse her, she's sick.

OK, how many unknowns in the Navier-Stokes equation?

-Three. -What are they?

Pressure and velocity,

-And? -Density.

Sophie.

A sample of CO2.

So, Jules, that's good,

a little 16, but be careful not to rest on your laurels.

You need to get out of your comfort zone.

And Sophie, at first

you were in control and suddenly a grain of sand,

it gets stuck and you collapse.

I give you a 12.5. That's not bad,

but it's not enough to pass with flying colors.

You're almost there, Sophie.

Methodical work, but laborious.

Time to get some height.

Sorry, Ma'am?

What do you mean, "get some height"?

You're stuck on the statements.

You have to find that little something that makes the difference.

That takes things to another level.

Call it ingenuity, call it grace,

I don't care.

Do you get it?

Yeah.

Come on in.

I was going to see you.

I've been thinking about it. I'm quitting.

What?

Are you kidding?

Can you please get out?

You hear that?

This is going nowhere.

We're supposed to learn something, but it's not fulfilling.

It's just a stupid race.

A stupid race?

Do you know why you're here?

What? What about us?

What about our team?

Can't you see we're trapped?

I even feel like I'm regressing.

My life is obviously elsewhere.

It's too easy to spit in the soup.

You can afford it, you're good at everything.

Whatever you do, you land on your feet...

This all I've got, just this, damn it!

No, you're wrong.

You don't see you're worth more.

You're forgetting to think.

We've seen each other daily for seven months and I

don't know what you want.

I want to go to X!

Really? And do what?

You just want to be part of the elite.

Like Jules. Like Aude.

You want a school, no questions asked.

You think that's a calling?

At least Thibault had the guts to leave.

What will you do?

The theater. I want to make a living out of it.

Garance and I are going to the conservatory in Paris.

And we're going to try... to put on a play in the meantime.

That's right, Mademoiselle is in love!

What's wrong with that? Are you jealous?

It's disgusting to stand me up.

Do you hear me?

Soph...

Go away. I don't need you.

I NEED A MENTOR ASAP...

ARE YOU SPYING ON ME?

I'M NOT KIDDING AROUND!

OK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW.

And how badly did you fail?

I didn't expect that.

Half a point off.

Half a point and I get another year...

The exam seems far off,

but it's already started.

We're in it.

We're distance runners, not sprinters,

you can never stop.

Are you an apothecary?

Want some?

I've got extra.

Send it over.

I've got something even better:

corticosteroids and Synapsin.

-Where do you get that? -That's a secret.

Here, take this.

It's crap, but good for concentration.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Prescription only.

My dad says it's OK if I don't

make it now, but this is my last chance.

You're going to make it. You're brilliant.

And you're talented, and you can't teach that.

Comfort... As if all that were priceless.

But who cares?

Who cares about others?

You're right, for once we won't ask questions.

Put on some music you like.

Sure.

Mom, don't come in.

Honey, we're eating.

Alright.

Is your friend eating?

No!

Yes, Mom, we're coming!

This is my ancestor, a cloth merchant from Lyon.

Massard wants me on

the Transport Commission mission.

Alone, all alone. It's a big job, but it'll relieve them.

So you'll say yes?

I couldn't say no.

If the law passes, it's OK.

It's a billion-euro aid.

That's how Baptiste got

hired by a Swedish consulting firm.

He earns more than 200,000 euros a year.

Oh, wow.

Since starting work there,

Jesus is at home with us!

So, Sophie, what business are your parents in?

They have a little family business.

And they're in... animal breeding.

Farmers are the brave gardeners of the countryside.

Mine breed.

Oh, right. I imagine they're facing quite a challenge.

You've gone organic, right?

Florence!

Well, who wants to eat meat

filled with antibiotics now?

It's complicated

to go organic all at once.

They're transitioning.

But it's expensive.

It requires more manpower, which we can't find.

So, different types in your school.

It's good that the schools understand

that they must be diverse.

Oh yes, I totally agree.

If there's no diversity, there's no living together...

What does diversity have to do with it?

Uh, no, social diversity.

You mean I represent diversity?

I don't.

This is condescending.

Hey, don't get on your high horse.

It's interest in Sabine.

Sophie.

Sorry, I have to get home.

What, already?

I can't miss the bus.

-Eric. -Yes.

Can we talk? There's a problem, it's Diane.

Please, a quick word before you go out.

I regret to tell you that Diane le Goff has left...

-No! -Unbelievable.

It's disappointing, Diane was valedictorian of your class.

Few girls chose this course, it

was her responsibility to stay.

Now it's up to you to set an example,

to show that it's possible.

Sophie? Did you know about this?

Don't let this distract you from your goal.

The mock exam

is in five weeks.

Hi.

I'm sorry, my parents can be really...

Jerks?

The other night was nice... Except for my parents.

It was a mistake.

No.

Hadrien, I don't have time.

This is our last chance.

I want to see you again. After this tunnel.

Well, I don't.

If we project onto E Gamma,

we get...

That, plus Y belongs to R, equals G, X, Y...

...according to the vector ER. Moreover, the vectors ER,

E and B form a direct orthogonal trihedron.

The April ranking.

Sophie, Sophie, Sophie...

No, the Fourier transform,

you'll say, I'm still trying,

but your method takes too long.

It's sluggish.

Want to end up in a small school

on the outskirts of town?

Hey, are you listening to me?

You can make a difference,

but you'll have to be quick and thorough.

All I'm asking is you do it elegantly.

Grace, yes, I understand, thank you.

Stop being rude. What do you think you're doing?

You may get the star, but it's never a given.

Why are you looking at Jules?

He's not the danger.

Henri IV students are.

Did you see their integration rate?

Until you receive an acceptance letter,

tell yourself you're worthless, Sophie. You're nothing. Nada.

Next problem:

Imagine a pearl on a rotating hoop.

Find the balance point of that pearl.

Come on, it's not going to balance itself.

No, no, no, no, no, Sophie!

This is unbelievable! What are you doing?

I know.

Projecting forces

for a balance point,

but there's another energy method.

And it's much faster...

All right, go ahead, show me.

We drift and we get...

Teta dot dot plus omega square

sine teta

equals zero.

OK, good.

Bravo.

Your turn, Jules.

-Yeah, me too. -Yeah.

You hear Fresnel's will be there?

-Will she? -Seriously?

I forget who told me.

Oh, man.

-Come on, spill it. -What?

I just want to say that

you have no idea how far you've come this year.

You're not the same.

And I'm proud of you, Sups. Very proud.

Thank you. Thanks, Ma'am.

And thank you!

Bottoms up?

I lost my touch, but I was at Descartes before you.

-The mock exams! -Yes!

Don't give up!

I heard you blew her away.

You really did it.

Maxence, Aude and I are putting together a group.

Summer studying,

as we'll be stars...

I don't suppose it can be refused?

That wouldn't be a smart.

To the royal road then!

To the royal road!

Uh, hello. Fish, please.

Yes, with?

-With rice. -Very well.

Hello.

Are you in Lyon?

Where are you?

-Hello. -Hello, ma'am.

I'm here for Laurent.

-Who are you to him? -His sister.

Wait here, please.

Is he alright?

He's being interrogated.

-Slowly. -I am sorry.

Thank you.

-How is your face? -I'm fine.

What happened?

We went to occupy downtown with tractors...

It was tense.

Then the CRS attacked us.

Things got out of hand. I got into a fight with a cop.

He started beating me.

So I hit him. After that four of them were on top of me.

What next?

I've been summoned to the OPJ in two weeks.

They'll get me.

But can't the unions do anything?

The lawyer knows, but...

I don't know, we'll see.

Do you have 20 bucks for me so I can take the bus?

Of course.

They're a bunch of assholes...

You went out?

We have mock exams tomorrow and you're out partying!

-Good night. -Good night.

Well, good morning, everyone.

It's time for your last mock exam.

It's 09:05,

you can turn over your papers, you have six hours.

The first hour is over.

Ah, shit...

Damn it.

Sophie, open up, please.

Sophie, open up.

Sophie.

Sophie, look at me.

This is the finish line, don't give up.

Take a breath, go back.

We'll see what happens later.

I can't do it.

You're stronger than this, Sophie. Sophie.

Stop with this complex, it's eating you up.

I won't last another year.

It takes courage to quit.

Maybe they think you've failed?

But I know you've got guts.

Cut the crap, Mom.

Sophie, get up now, you can't be like this.

There's work. Come help.

Sophie, get up! Move,

or I'll destroy your room.

-Get up. Move. -Stop it.

-Move. -Get out.

Get up.

Poor girl, you're pathetic.

Why are you here?

I came to see your county, Vasseur.

Aren't you glad to see me?

That depends.

I'm glad to see you.

What'll you have?

A beer.

Marie, two beers, please.

Congratulations.

-For what? -I saw it on Instagram.

-Come on... -Yes, you did. You deserve it.

You did the right thing. Mines. And high ranked too!

Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

So, how are you doing?

You're interested?

Yeah, I was worried.

Nonsense, you weren't worried.

You had your competition. That's important.

We're flying solo.

You know, it's no big deal.

And I'm fine.

I talked to Fresnel and she

said you could get the star.

You didn't come here to tell me that.

Why not try again in September?

Get strength back,

do hundreds of drills, in killer mode.

You know how to.

I'm not going back.

Prep school wasn't for me.

I'm not going back, really.

You know about this bridge?

-I don't know. -1985.

-How do you know that? -I worked on it.

-Are you kidding me? -No.

I wanted to be a mason, so I was

hired as a laborer on that site.

We were so proud to see it go up.

It was beautiful work.

Why didn't you continue?

Your grandfather needed me on the farm.

I couldn't

let him down, so I went back to agricultural college.

But I've always regretted giving up.

I was fascinated by these great works.

You wanted to be a mason?

I never said?

Never.

Hadrian!

How are you? I didn't expect your call.

What's up?

I've decided to try X...

What? You want to go back?

Yeah, well, no, not like that.

-I just don't get it. -Not to Descartes.

-Another school? -Through college.

With exams on your own?

I looked. Last year 32 places were

for university students.

You validate 2nd year credits,

even remotely.

Then you prepare for orals.

You're hitting a brick wall.

You said so, I work well.

You can't stay in your hole.

Why are you telling me?

I need someone to help me.

Me as a coach? Of course!

As if it were that simple.

You're something...

Say yes or no, but spare me your remarks.

Here, I have something for you.

There you go.

Holy cow, what is this?

The book on Lagrange and Euler.

It's from the '60s, but it's killer.

You can throw away All In One Maths.

I'm touched.

My dad had it preparing for X.

I'll take care of it.

This is Hadrien.

He's coming for a few weekends to help me.

Hadrien, my brother Laurent.

Hi, Hadrien.

-What's wrong? -Never mind.

Ok, let's get a start on it?

Let's go.

How about problem 27?

We can decompose a torsor T

in a sum of two particular torsors.

Is this coherent?

Yes, it should go down with B, so that's good.

OK, great.

In thermo-dynamics there are three kinds of parameters...

...simply by recurrence.

We assume it's true for n and then check for n+1.

Do you agree?

The norm of the electric field must be independent...

370 kilometers altitude...

Don't forget atmospheric friction

next time.

Result: the man who walks will be the least wet...

Exactly, it's better to walk than to run in the rain

to not get soaked!

It's counter-intuitive, but that's science.

YOU HAVE THE GIFT OF CHANGING THE WORLD

Sophie?

Are you here for the exam?

Yes, just like you.

No, are you joking?

Of course not. How are your oral exams going?

Yes, fine.

What?

Don't give in like last time.

Bye.

Miss Vasseur.

-Hello. -Hello.

You have nothing against open problems?

No.

Now, let's look at

one of the gas bubbles that has formed at the bottom of this glass.

Alright?

You'll study its motion.

So the first thing to do is to model the problem.

We're going to give ourselves a glass of height L,

and we'll model the bubble by a sphere of perfect gas

of radius R.

We'll then calculate the forces acting on it:

weight P,

buoyancy Pi,

and a fluid friction force f.

We'll also need the density rho of the water.

Finally, we'll need a vertical line z.

To determine the motion of the bubble,

we apply the fundamental principle

of dynamics ma =

sum of forces.

We project along Z...

And in the long run, we get t star

is roughly equal to alpha L over beta.

But you're not considering all parameters.

Think about the bubble morphology.

Oh, the size of the bubble changes as it rises to the surface, and

-I must quantify it. -There.

For numerical application:

the time it takes for the bubble to rise is...

four hundredths of a second

OK, thanks, I've seen enough.

Is this your last oral for the week?

Yes.

So why do you want to go to Polytechnique?

Miss, it's not a trick question.

There's this sentence I saw in the hall when I arrived:

"You have the gift of changing the world."

And it's funny, because at first I thought it was beautiful.

Then I saw the names of alumni, the pride of X,

like Patrick Drahi or Bernard Arnault,

I thought, they're not role models for me...

What did they change?

They understood finance, but what did they contribute?

I don't know, except creating a world that runs on profit

and is going to die, I don't know

what else. Why are you smiling?

Nothing. Go on.

If I want to be here, it's because we don't have the same dreams.

This world has to change.

And I want to be a part of it.

And at my level, and I want to give myself the means to contribute...

from the inside.

-Very well then. Good luck then. -Thank you.

-Goodbye. -Goodbye.

The results won't change from outside.

Come on, get up.

They said noon.

Get up, go help your father.

Come on... oh no, no, no.

Soph?

No, No!

What, what, what?

What is it?

Dad, I got it.

Congratulations, honey.

Dad, I'm so happy.

-Hey. -Hey.

Charlène de Malesherbes, and you?

Sophie Vasseur.

-Nice to meet you. -A pleasure.

What's your business here, Sophie Vasseur?

Interested in power or money?

There are other things, no?

I don't know.

Did you hear this year's graduation speeches?

I also want things to change.

And I felt less alone.

I understand, but don't dream too much.

I don't think I'm dreaming.

Hello. Sophie Vasseur.

A FILM BY FREDERIC MERMOUD

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