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Percussion

Regulations

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Rhythmic music

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Metal clashes

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High-pitched grunts

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- Get off your ass and help me!

- I can't right now.

- You're leaving already?

- I'm going to class.

Regulations

See you tonight.

Ring

- To be honest,
I don't see it, sorry.

- Make an effort, Axel!

- In any case, I'm going to
I'm going to screw up the writing,

you have to be prepared, don't you?
Laughs

- Right,
who has a solution to propose?

No ?

Anyone?

Tiphaine?
- No, Sir.

- Sophie?

- Yes.

A binomial distribution
binomial law

with K equals 5,
N equals10, P equals one third.

The binomial coefficient K among
N

is worth 252.

OL's chances of winning
of winning the championship...

is 0.1365.

- Very well.

You'll be nice
to learn the theorem

we saw in class
last week.

What are you going to do next year
?

- A degree in math,
can you do it?

Laughter

- Thank you Axel, for this great
moment

maturity.
Ring

One last thing, please
please.

About Parcoursup,

you need to finalize your wishes.

If you need advice,

come and see me!

And above all, above all...

don't limit yourself!

Good afternoon.

- Goodbye.

- GO BACK!

- "The new objectives
of the commission :

climate protection,
non-toxic environment,

local production
and short circuits..."

- These are the dimensions
of the bays.

- I measured them too.

All right: 3 m2 per animal.

So... what percentage
of food
comes from the farm?

- Uh,
I wrote that down somewhere
but...

where did I put it?

Yes, I wrote it down there.

35 %.

- It's square.

- They're driving me crazy, I swear.
swear.

- Mom, stop!

It's going to happen this year too.

- We'll never get the
subsidy.

- And why?

- They just want to
screw us.

They work

with major retailers.

They don't give a shit about
about us.

- Let's wait and see, Laurent.

- To see what?

Touching 12,000 bullets
with a 400-page dossier?

For their own good conscience?

Goodbye small farms,
hello intensive farming.

- No, you're mixing everything up.

- Aren't you angry?

- You don't care,
you have your little studies.

- That's okay,
you're not right, Lolo.

- Oh, it's okay! We can have a few laughs
in this house, can't we?

Hubbub

- No, not lentils!

- Sophie?
- Yes?

I'll join you.

- Have you thought about your wishes?

- Uh yes, the IUT in Roanne,
it's good I think.

- Agro then?
- Yes!

- You'll have no trouble getting that.

But did you take a look
at the MPSI prep schools?

Let's start dreaming!

What would you like to do?

- I don't know...

I'm fine with IUT.

- Sophie, you have a gift for math.

You have to do something with it.

IUT, OK,

but an MPSI
offers other possibilities.

In so many areas...

Ring

- I have to go now, Mr. Radeck.
Thank you, Mr Radeck!

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Grunts

High-pitched plaintive growl

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- Dad, I don't think he's well.

- Hold it tight.

- Shhh...

There, now.

- Is that you, Sophie?

- Yes, I'm just checking something.

Good Night!
- Good Night!

(René Descartes,
boarding school, preparatory classes...)

(Three MPSI classes,
majoring in Maths and Physics)

(Two PCSI classes...)

- What do you think?

- What about you?

Aren't you going to say anything?

- I wanted
Mr Radeck to explain.

If I leave, it's going to make
a change around here,

all I'm going to do is work.
- That's for sure.

- And what do you think?

We're talking about you here, the suite.

- We talked about Agro,

but I can do other things
things
with these preparatory courses.

- What are "other things"?

Mr. Radeck, don't hold it against me.
blame me,
I'm a practical person.

While Sophie is doing an IUT
in Roanne,

I can see where this is going.
But if she leaves

to do lots of other things
things,

I can't see so well...

- And that's precisely
important thing:

the opportunity to choose,

later.

Competitive entrance examinations
enter
a top school.

Les Mines, Centrale,
Polytechnique,
these are the best...

- Good morning!

- Hello... Or else

an engineering curriculum.

She can apply for a scholarship.

I really think
she has what it takes.

- Would you like this?

- Yes.

That's what I want.

Upbeat music

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- How big it is!

- Am I making a mistake?
- I didn't say that...

I couldn't imagine that either...

Impressive.

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- 14, here it is.

How do you like it?

- It's well laid out.

I'll be off.

- Don't you want to stay a little longer
a little longer?

- No, I said
I was coming home for supper.

Oh dear, I'm going to cry.

You'll be in touch soon
?
- Yes, I will!

Intriguing music

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Crap.

Door opening

Knock, knock, knock

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Yeah.

- Do you have a tampon?

- Yes, totally!
- Thank you.

- Here.

- Sophie.
- Diane.

- I'm in the next room.
next door.
- OK...

So if I copulate, you hear
everything.

- With all the work
ahead of us,

the ass, it's not won!

- That's right.

Where are you from?

- Thizy-les-Bourgs.

- Where's Thizy-les-trous?

- In the soil. How about you?

- Belfort.

- AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY.

- What next?

What are you aiming at?

- What do you mean?
- Schools?

- Schools? The competition,
is next year!

- Yes, but you have to
already.

- I don't know.

I'm here for the math. And
are you?

- Polytechnique or Normale Sup.

Well, normal.
It's research that
I'm interested in.

The army, just thinking about it
makes me sick.

- The army?
- Yeah.

Polytechnique is military.

Didn't you see the parade photos
?

Like...
Laughs

You've never seen anything like this?
It's so cheesy.

How are you?

Are you okay?
- I'm fine.

#- Lycée Descartes,

#it's an inheritance.

#If you're here,
you're brilliant,

#and you aspire
an exceptional education

#quality and density.
density.

#For the second year
consecutive year,

#We have the same
than the Lycée du
Parc.

#They'd better watch out,

#car and i'm counting on you,
we're going to beat them.

Standing ovation and applause

#Tomorrow,
you'll belong to the elite.

#And what you'll accomplish
in this school,

#you capitalize it for life
life.

#For it's already here, within these walls
walls,

#when you start
your network.

- Did you come here
to "capitalize"?

It's really n'imp'!

#- It's the school
of friendship and humility.

#Your neighbor on the left,

#or the one on the right,

#is probably more talented than
you.

#But if you don't accept
this reality,

#work!

#Change it!

#Change yourself!

The students cheer.

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- HE, HE!

- Hey, hey!
- HE, HE!

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The students scream
and banging on tables.

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#- I'll leave you to it

#in good hands,
I know them.

#And you should know
integration,

#No one is obliged to comply.

#Have a nice day.

- Hop, hop, hop.

Stay there!

- Surprise question: moles!

Cheers and applause

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- Raphael, President of the MP
star.

- Raphael!

- RAPHAEL ! RAPHAEL ! RAPHAEL !

- It's good, it's good...

Shut up, comrades!

As you can see,
class spirit is
important,

it's essential.

For the time being,
nobody knows each other.

So in turn,
up on the table,

and we want...

- Name, grade average, honors,

age, competition required,

and...
- The color of underwear.

And we want proof!

General acclaim

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- Come on!

Newbie!

- Me?

- Yes, you!
- OK.

So, Maxence Bompard,

17.3, summa cum laude,
19 years old, Centrale,

and...

green!

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Go ahead!

- No thanks, I'll be fine.
- OH!

- Every year,

there's one without underpants.

Laughter

- Or without balls.

- Be cool with scholarship holders
!

- Is there a problem
with scholarship holders?

- But no, my dear,
it's the social mix!

- That's it!

Laughter and applause

- Jules Couvreur, 19.9.

Congratulations from the Jury,
Polytechnique,

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

definitely...

white!

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To you!

- Sophie Vasseur, 17.9.
Mention très bien,

18 years old.

Otherwise, a top engineering school.

And for the rest: orange!

- OH!

- Little player!
- Don't push it,

the country girl,
you don't want to spoil her right off the bat!

- And then we want to see!

- WE WANT TO SEE! WE WANT TO SEE!

- Wow!

- WE WANT TO SEE! WE WANT TO SEE!

Is it any good?

- YES!

- Happy?
- Well done!

Whistling

- Yeah?

- Strip off!

- Very funny.

Diane Le Goff, 18.8.
FDJ, 18 years old, Normal Sup,

research in maths and...

blue.
But not as blue as your
balls.

Ovation

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- Big "M" is a maximum...

local

"F" premium from "C

equals

zero. And that's it!

And to end on a high note,
here's a handout with...

fifty exercises.

Sighs

I assure you,
just the basics.

We correct this Thursday.

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We've told you
many horrors about
prepas.

Rest assured,
it's not so bad.

Count on 70 hours per week.

35 h of lessons,
35 h of individual work,

plus DS and Khôlles.

This is the minimum
to aim for the best
competitions.

And no weekend truce.

Give yourself a few breaks
and exercise.

There's only one thing to do:

work
with rigor and regularity.

Basic, isn't it?

- Simple, isn't it?

Laughter

- I beg your pardon?

- You don't have the basics.

- Too bad. Have a nice day.

- OK for the six, it's good.
It's a free family on "R".

- I'm just rounding off three.

- Three is easy!

- I'm struggling.

- Do you want some help?
- I'm fine.

- It's stupid to give us

300 pages of polycops
in one go.

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

I'm enrolled
in an acting class.

It's tomorrow, come on!

- No, I'll never have time.

- Don't you want to?
- I don't.

- OK.

- What are
competition banks?

- Basically... it's the
grouping

school competitions by
level.

There's Bank 1,
excellence, with 3
schools:

Polytechnique,
Normale Sup Paris and Lyon.

Then there's Bank 2,
less prestigious schools.

And so on, ending with
the
schools in Le Mans!

But it avoids you! There you go.

- Good night!
- Good night. Thank you for your time.

- Good luck, guys.
- Thanks, man.

- Good luck.

- I've revised but...

- Hello, it's our turn.
- HELLO!

- So, are you ready
for your 1st Khôlle?

- Kepler constant?

- T2 on A3.

With "T" orbital period,
and "A" the semi-major axis.

- Please note:

a source slot,

monochromatic "b" width

is placed at distance "l",

in the median plane
of two Young's slits "F1" and
"F2"

a" apart.

The screen is located
distance "d" from "F1F2".

b" equals 589 nanometres,

"l" equals 50 centimetres,

"a" equals 1 millimetre,

and "d" equals 2 metres.

One,
study the illumination
the screen.

And two, calculate the spatial
spatial coherence length of the
system.

To us!

Altitude
of a geostationary satellite?

- 36,000 kilometers.

- OK.

Go for it!

Imagine a telescope

in a large observatory,

such as Chile's
for example.

Show me the relationship
of conjugation and
magnification

for a thin lens,
with origin at the center.

And you will apply this
relationship

telescope,
using the example from the course.

Good.

And you,

you'll resume exercise

on interference
between two parallel
mirrors.

Can you see which one?
- Yes, I can.

- Careful, Jules!

On the inconsistency condition,
your delta "x" ,

it's not out of the hat,
you have to justify it.

Correct this...

Otherwise, it's fine,
it has a semblance of staying power.

Thibault, let's get busy,
this one's in class.

Come on, step on it!

Stop!

We stop everything.

Sophie,

what do you think you're demonstrating here?

What's the center for you?

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

What is she trying to show,
here?

- Newton's relation,
with origin at focus.

- That's right... So?

- I start again to
Descartes' relationship
?

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- Stop. This can't be happening,
are you doing this on purpose?

I said stop!

You'll spend your khôlles

when you've read
my course at least once.

So : Jules, 14.5.

Thibault,

9 is slow.

What about Sophie?

Three.

Very disappointing.

Your year here is going to be
complicated.

Tell me the truth,

and I would prefer
you to say "no":

have you studied my course?

Oh la la! What's that?
Back-to-school stress?

She sniffs.

I'm not running a crèche,
Mademoiselle Vasseur!

- I've been working.

- You look lucid,

and I don't want to presume anything,
but you don't have the level.

We'll call it an
accident.

But it's time to move
to the next level.

Otherwise, at this rate,
you'll have given up by Christmas.

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- How's the kohl with Fresnel?
- So... not glorious.

What about maths?

- It's okay, it's normal.

- Normal? How much did you get?

- 16,5.

- You save the honor...

- Who saves the day?

- I hate to admit it,
but you nailed it!

Even Merlot was on his ass.
- Not complicated,

it's all par cour,
no interest.

- You doubt nothing!

- It's just the limit
of his course:

spit out formulas
and fit into the mold.

Is that why you're here?

- You think you're different
with your clichés about
formatting?

Wake up, the world is changing.

We're entitled to have
ambition.

- And what's your ambition?

Passing Centrale or
Polytechnique,

ENA, and earn
at Rothschild?

- For example.

- It doesn't make me dream.

What do you think?

- I've no idea...

- You don't get wet.

- Right now, I'm just worried
about my next paper.
table.

- Well, you're going to work!

It helps.

Hands clap on tables.

- HE HE HE HE HE
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- DX1!

- DIVIN.
- PTITE CATIN.

- DX2!

- GOD!

- SUCK MY DICK!

Strange music

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Rhythmic music
Screams

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- So Diane,

no mole wants you?

- Tell me Raphael,

daddy's boys
allowed to be godparents?

- She's formidable, your
girlfriend.

- Ah, she doesn't need
anyone.

- Raphael!

I've been looking for you!
Will you be my godfather?

- Here's a smart one!

And yes!

Come on!

- And you, are you smarter?

- Thanks, I don't need you.

- It's not a luxury,
to be coached by stars.

- Say Hadrien, the H in your
first name,
is it to be original?

- She's my mother.
She loves Yourcenar.

If you want to find out,
you'll find it in "poche".

- Jester.

Electronic ringtones

- How's it going, Thibault?

- I can't do it, Madame.

- Trust yourself.

Beep

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Thibault?

- Zero me,
I don't understand it
anyway.

The door slams shut.

- Well, your comrade

gives up forfeit...

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

- Just a second,

normally...

Beep

Yes.

- Good.

- So, the red one.

- Diane, what do you think you're doing?

- Sorry, I'll put it
before.

- Go ahead.

Hmm hmm... How about there?

So there you have it...

as a reminder, the competitions
do not take place in pairs.

I'll give you ten.

But since you want
share everything,

that'll be a five each.

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- If you want to imagine the
F" function,

it's like a surface.

Do you understand?
- Yes, I understand.

- What about you?

Here, for example, is a
mountain,

but it could also be...

- 2 seconds, I'll be back.

Hello?
#- It's me, am I disturbing you?

- Yes, that's okay.

#- Ah sorry... you called me
?

- Yes, any news
about the grant?

#- No answer yet,
but it's coming soon, I
soon.

- OK.

Well, I'm not going home
this weekend, too much work.

#- It's your brother's
birthday!

- We have a mock exam on Monday.
#- OK.

How are you getting on?

- It's okay, it's okay.

#- It's a little ça va...

Tell me something, Sophie.

- It's just that...

Nothing works here, Mom.

#- But what are you
talking about?

- It's simple, I don't have the
level.

#- Stop, it's just the beginning.
You'll be fine.

Do you agree?

How are you holding up?
You're stronger than that.

- I must get back. Love you.

#- Bisous mon petit cour.

- I'd like to represent you

in the purest tradition.

We have values to defend.

Thank you for listening,
vote for me!

- Hear, hear!
Applause

- He's so cute...

- It's crazy,
no girls show up.

- She's got a point.
Why don't you go?

Come on!
- N'importe quoi...

- Sophie, candidate!

- No!
Shouts of encouragement

- SOPHIE! SOPHIE!
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- I've got nothing to say.

Sighs of disappointment

- Too bad for Sophie
who lacked courage,

I'm going.

Dear Maxence, thank you, it was
very interesting, but with you,

we're swimming in a bygone world.

My ambition for
MPSIens" can be summed up in two words
:

excellence and disruption.

- OH!

I offer you my lead ,
because I believe in our
talents.

Xavier Niel says:
"ambition feeds
innovation".

So let's aim high!

At worst, it works.

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You, me,

especially me,
will do great things

and it's in this prep school
where it all begins.

And if you elect me,

we'll be
the best class in
Descartes.

Standing ovation and applause

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- JULES DELEGUE, JULES
DELEGUE...

- Jules, 17.5.
Very good overall.

Attention
with the Grassmann formula.

- Thank you.

- Aude, nine and a half.
You're close to the average,

make another effort!

Sophie, what can I say...

For sure,
you can do better: 5.5.

You've missed out
matrix calculations.

Pull yourself together!

Remember: demanding,
precision, regularity.

Diane, 17,
excellent work
overall.

Not much to say, bravo.

- Thank you!

- To find out your
ranking,
see me at the end of the
class.

Dark music

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Knock knock
The door opens.

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- What are you doing?

- I'm outta here,
I don't belong here.

- Yes.

Hey So, hang in there.

- That's easy for you to say.
Have you seen your notes?

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Sophie sniffs.

- Hey!

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- I feel like shit.

- Hey!

- Last year, I had
the solution to the direct problem.

Just like that.

The others were jealous
of my grades, and I...

I didn't ask for anything.
I was the nerd.

And now I'm doing 150 km,

and I can barely
understand the statements.

- Hey!

I'm fine.

Breathe.

OK?
She sniffs.

I'll be fine.

- It's tough,
but you've got to hang in there.

Take a look.

Laughter

If you like, I've got a little
relaxant.
Yeah?

That's all I've got.

Here!

- It's crazy to see the city
from up here.
- Yeah, it is.

It makes you want to eat the world.
world.

- It makes me dizzy.

I feel tiny.

Lucky you.

- Why?

- You've got the confidence.

- Let's team up!

- Yeah!
- Yeah!

- Take a look.
- OH!

Swallows

- TOO BEAUTIFUL.

Sometimes..,
I find the world ugly.

But not tonight.

- As a replacement,
after the balance of forces
gives ?

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

- Drawing an analogy
with an electrokinetic circuit
?

- Same as equa diff
in a coil circuit,

condo, resistor and generator
generator with omega "t" period.

- So the solution is?

- General homogeneous solution,
- PLUS SPECIAL SOLUTION.

- I fucking love it!

- Do you love me?
- Yes!

Well no, I love physics
!

I find that mind-boggling...

You see, I imagine
the oscillation of a ball of
lead

suspended on a spring.

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

Laughter

- Here it is, your first
scientific orgasm!

Congratulations!

- Guillaume...

9,5.

You're almost there.

Aude is good.

13,5.

And Sophie.

You've been working hard,
that's for sure.

Your best grade in my
course,
above average :

10,5.

Mock competitions coming soon,

an opportunity
to show off your skills,

and see your resistance

to pressure.

So Thibault, 4.5.
Come and see me after class.

Ring

- How are you?

- I didn't sleep well. Did you?

- It's okay.

- I'm trying to concentrate...
to really focus.

- You have four hours
from now.

Scary music

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Rhythmic music
Screams

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- Three, two, one...

Off you go!

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- Bravo, respect!

- We know how to drink.
- Come on, let's go!

- So what's in it for me?

- The right to take off your shirt
!

- YES!

THE T-SHIRT, THE T-SHIRT!

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OH OH!
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Lively music
Playful shouts

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Whistling

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Festive howling

Electro music

---

- I'm glad to be back.

- This is Thierry's wine.

The cooperative refused his
grapes.

He made a vintage with his
brother,
he did very well.

- Thank you.
- Taste this!

It's Gamay.

- Thierry Martin?
- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Well...

Laughter

- I like it.

- Daddy, I think it's great.
good.

- Thank you, darling.

- Oh bean!

- I'm glad
that we're all together.

- Cheers!

- HEALTH!

- Not crossed!

- Merry Christmas!
- Merry Christmas!

- Let's move on to dessert, shall we?
- Right.

- Drink it.
How much did you buy?

- He gave them to me.

Laurent laughed outright.

- Thank you.

- Oh, that's beautiful!

- Here.
- Thank you for this.

- It looks great!

Come on, let's try it.

- It's too good, it's too
good.

- Where did you find this?

- In a new patisserie
near the high school.

It's called a "miraculous".

- Did you pay a lot for it?

- Around 50 bullets.
- Wow!

- What for?
- For a cake?

- I'm telling you, it's for Christmas.
It's a new pastry.

- Goddamn, that was good.

- It was to please
pleasure.

- So, you see
that we're tightening our belts.

Dad's even trying to quit smoking.
smoking.

- I don't get it.

- We didn't get the grant.
- We didn't get the grant.

But I reread the file 10 times
the file!

- The asshole in the room
came to measure.

18 m2 missing.

Mooing

We repeated the calculation 10 times.

We'd have to go into debt
to expand.

We're walking on our heads.

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

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and see you next year.

- And why didn't Mom
tell me?

- We didn't want to bother you
with our worries.

What would you have done?

Horns

Foghorns

- Good evening, there's a rally
on Saturday, to get things moving.

To make a living from our work.

- You're Laurent's sister?
- Yeah, I am.

- Are you doing the super school?

- He exaggerates.

It's a Maths-Physics preparatory course.

I'm lucky,
I have a scholarship.

- It's great.

- Do you come here often?

- Not at first, but now.

It keeps me going.

- What are you doing?

- I'm a teacher.

Horns

Where I come from, the mayor takes
the kids to school,

or we'll close the school.
Can you imagine?

Their system is heading
the wall.
It's ruining lives.

The kids' too.

- I'm here for them,
not for me.

- we have to stick together,
it concerns us all...

- He's got guts, your brother.

- Yeah.

Foghorn
Shouts of demonstrators

- What's up?

- It kills me.

I thought I'd done it.

My marks are mediocre,
I came 22nd.

- So, it's an accident.

Just an accident.
You have a good average otherwise.

- I worked hard, I had it,
this fucking mock competition.

I don't get it.

What about you?

- Third.

- Mademoiselle Vasseur!

- Please take a seat.

So, Sophie Vasseur,

a respectable average of 12.1.
11th, but...

a disappointing mock competition,
where she finished 22nd.

- What happened?
Too much pressure?

- I have no explanation.

I felt ready,
truly.

- That's the problem.

- And yet I worked hard.

- Your profile is very
academic,

but you lack autonomy.

And this relationship
with Diane Le Goff...

not sure it's right for you.
beneficial.

Your friend has facilities
that you don't have.

It's simple,
Diane is a first violin,

I've never seen anything like it.

You, on the other hand, 9.7 cof 5...

What are you aiming for?
Not star class...

You don't have the stature.

- Mr Fresnel talks
your situation today.

Nothing's decided yet,
it's still January.

There are easier
easier competitions.

Which school would
would you like to go to?

- I'd like X.

- Louder,
we can't hear you.

- I want X. Polytechnique.
Even if I'm not first
violin.

- Yes, of course,
it's a free family,

and I find their value by
projecting
on the vector subspace.

I shouldn't have screwed up,
this exo is borderline easy.

Fresnel is right:
I am mediocre.

The worst!

- Who cares about Fresnel?

Yes, you screwed up big time.
It's an accident, it happens.

- Is this for your
class?
- Hmm.

- Do you like it?

- I love it.

"Countess,

"I love you.

"And of all men
who can love,

"there is not one
whose love is so pure,

"so reasonable,

"i give you my oath
on this beautiful hand,

"who is willing
to my caresses.

"Look at me, Madame.

"Turn your beautiful eyes on me,

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

"I give birth to it. I see it.

"What a look!

"How charming he is!"

What's up?

- Magnificent.

- Thibault?

- I can't get away
with these fucking diff' equas.

I haven't finished
a single exercise for tomorrow.

- Shall we have a look together?
- No, I'm fine.

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

Ring

- Hello everyone!

I regret to inform you
that Thibault has left the prep school.

- I knew it.
Hubbub

- You were very tough
with him.

- Without requirements, you wouldn't
pass
even pass the written test.

Do you understand?

- He belonged here,
like the rest of us.

- He was dumped from the
the beginning.

- The rhythm was hard,
but he was good at it.

- Competitions,
are not for everyone!

This is natural selection,
Darwin's law.

- Come on, Jules, Sophie!

Can we move on to the course?

We knock.

- What are you doing?

- I still have
three chapters to go.

- I have my audition.

You promised me...

- Crap,

I completely missed it.

I don't have
permission.

- So what?

- All Madame's jewelry?

- Take them out. I want to choose.

Strange music

---

And shoes, of course,
polished shoes.

The ones you've been coveting
for years.

For your wedding, no doubt.

- No, ma'am.

- You must admit that he seduced you.

- No, ma'am.

She spits.

- I said no spitting.

May they rot inside you, my
daughter.

- Please forgive me.

- You crush me
under your thoughtfulness,

under your humility.

---

I'll be beautiful,

as you'll never be.

- Hi there!
- Hi there!

Hubbub

---

- You blew me away
with your scene.

- Really?

- We had seen this text at the baccalaureate,
so boring to read.

And then it suddenly says something
something I hadn't seen.

- Two maids
who kill their boss.

Around 1930, it was shocking.

- What's their name?
- The Papin sisters.

They had rage...

- Women of the people

who wanted to smash the
system.
- Hmm.

- They remind me
of yellow vests.

- What's that got to do with it?

- Yellow vests,
are fascists.

- Fascists?
- Yeah,

- they take advantage of lost people
to defend their interests.

- It's a bit more complicated,
isn't it?

- Finally, it's mostly
right-wing.

- Do you know what it's like
to live on minimum wage?

- In the provinces, it's fine...

Rents and food
are cheaper.

- Are you listening to yourself?

- See you soon!

- Ben argues!

- What are you doing with 1,200
balls,
when you've paid your rent,

your shopping at Lidl, your cigarettes,
your cell phone, your petrol? Huh
?

When the end of the month is the 10th
?

Do you go to the theater on weekends?

Are you off to the Landes?

Come back down to earth!

- Diane?

Victor's having an after-party tonight,
are you coming?

- Definitely.

Uh, well, Sophie... and Garance.

- Congratulations!
- Thank you very much.

- Would you like to come along?

- No, sorry, I'm going home.

- Do you mind if I go?

- Diane is right,

you're too serious!

- Julien! Julien!

- Let's go to BU
for tomorrow's khôlle?

- Yes, if you like.

Notification

Actually I can't, sorry.

I've got to run,
see you later!

- Sophie, got a light?

Thank you.

- What?

- Nothing, I'm looking at you!

Don't you ever miss your hometown?

- "My town"? Seriously.

- No offense.

- It's okay, don't worry.

- The "off-centre" make
France.

They feed
the French Zeitgeist.

- What?

Use words
that everyone understands!

- It's the spirit, the culture.
What makes the identity of an
era.

- My results are too
poor
to pass as a star,

so your theories...

- Can I ask you a question?
?

Are you only aiming for Polytechnique?
There are other schools.

You've got what it takes
to land one.

- If it's to pick up the crumbs
crumbs, I'll stop.

But why doesn't everyone
aim for X or Normale?

It opens onto everything!

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

- My Grail is Les
Mines.

Ever since I was a kid
I've wanted to build
wind turbines.

- Wind turbines?

- Isn't that good enough?

- If...

It's original.

Hadrien Loiseau
loves wind turbines!

- Stop it.
- Stop what?

- Stop hitting on me,
Hadrian with an "h"!

- No, I don't,
I don't have time to fuck.

- The Sup' are eating
with the Specials now?

- Is that a problem?

- That's the rule, Newbie.

- Don't worry Marion, Hadrien
will pay
the bill by missing the
competitions.

- What?

- Ben, "Prepa pimped, Prepa
failed"!

- Your problem is to
see
through the prism of your ass.

If being a virgin was enough
to succeed, you'd already be
major!

- OH!

- What a repartee, the
country girl!

- What will you try?

- What's yours?
- Polytechnic.

- Polytechnique.

- Isn't Diane here?

- She is ill

and asked me to excuse him.

- OK,

Number of unknowns
in the Navier-Stokes equation
?

- Three.
- Which three?

- Fields of pressure, speed
speed,
- and ?

- DENSITY.

- Sophie.

Let's take a sample of CO2.

So, Jules, that's good,

a small 16,

Be careful not to
rest on your laurels.

You need to get out
your comfort zone.

And Sophie,

at first you master it,
and then a grain of sand,

it jams, you
collapse.

I'll give you 12.5.

Not bad, but insufficient
for the star class.

You're almost there, Sophie.

You work methodically.
Here, you need to get
height.

- I don't get it.

What do you mean by
"getting up high"?

- Be less academic:
here you're glued to the statements.

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

Which takes it to another level.
another level. Call it...

inventiveness, grace,
I don't care.

Do you understand?

- Yeah.

So!

Come on in!

I was just coming to see you...

I've been thinking about it for a while.

I'm out.

- What?

Are you kidding me?

Can you please get out?

Did you hear that?

- This prep school is going nowhere.

We should learn lots of
stuff,
but it doesn't feed me.

It's just a stupid race.

- A silly race?

- Do you know why you're here?
?

- What are you talking about?

What about us? Our team?

- We're caught in a system
!

I even
feel like I'm going backwards.

My life is elsewhere...

- It's too easy to
everything.

You can afford it, you're
gifted.

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

But this is all I have,
only this damn thing!

- No, you're wrong.

You don't realize
that you're worth more.

She sniffs.

You're forgetting to think.

So, we've been working together for 7
months,

and I don't know what you
want.

- I want X!

- Really? And for what?

You just want
to be part of the elite.

Like Jules. Like Aude.

Walking into a fucking school
without thinking,

is it a vocation?

Thibault at least,
he had the courage to leave.

- And what are you going to do?

- Theater,

to make a living out of it.

Garance and I are going to try
the Conservatoire in Paris.

And try to...

put on a play in the meantime.

- That's it, actually...

Mademoiselle is in love!

- So what?

Are you jealous?

- It's disgusting
to screw up like this.

Do you hear me?

- So!

- Go away. I don't need
you.

Door

Sad music

---

Sigh

---

Laughter and discussion

---

Notification

---

- And you failed by a lot?

- The level surprised me.

For half a point,

I'm doing another year...

We think the competition is
far away,

but it's already started.

We're not preparing anything, we're just there.

It's endurance,

not a sprint. We don't stop.

He vapots.

- Are you a pharmacist or something?

- Would you like some?

I have extra.

- Go on, send.

- If that's not enough, I've got something better:

corticoldes and... Synapsin.

- Where do you find it?

- That's secret.

Take this: it's crap,

but it's good
for concentration.

- Attention deficit disorder,
hyperactivity.

Issued on prescription.

- According to my father,
it's okay if I miss,

but this is my last chance.

- Sure, you can do it.

You're brilliant.

And then you've got ease,
and that can't be taught.

- Ease of use...

As if it were all priceless.
no price.

But who cares?

- Hein, on s'en fout des autres
?

- You're right,

No questions asked
for once.

Can you play me some music
you like?

- Yeah!

Intense music

---

A knock on the door.

- Mom, don't come in!

- Darling, we're eating.

- All right.

- Is your friend having dinner with us?

- No! No!

- Yes, Mom, we're coming!

Jazz

---

He's my ancestor,
a fabric merchant from Lyon.

- Massard wants to put me
to the Transport Commission.

Alone, all alone.

It's a big job,
but it'll take a load off their minds.

Classical music

- So you're going to say yes?

- You can't refuse.

If the law passes, there will be
a billion euros in aid.

That's how Baptiste was hired
by a Swedish consulting
consulting firm.

He earns over
200,000 a year.

- Ah well.

- Since he got the job,

we have Jesus at home!

- And you, Sophie, your parents
in what line of work?

- They have a small business.

And they're in... breeding.

- Ah, farmers
are the valiant gardeners

of our countryside.

- Mine are breeders.

- Ah OK!
I imagine they're facing

to big challenges!
Have you gone organic?

- Florence!

- Who still wants to eat
meat with antibiotics?

- So it's complicated

to go organic all at once.

They make the transition
through the reasoned but...

it's expensive,
you need manpower,

and we can't find any.

- There's every profile
in your high school.

- It's a good thing that
great
open to all.

- Oh yes, I agree.

Without diversity, there can be no
together.

- What does this have to do with diversity?

- No, the social mix!

- In your opinion,
do I represent diversity?

- No...

- Stop it,
it's getting condescending.

- Don't get on your high horse
horses!
We're interested in Sabine
Sophie.

- Sophie.

- Excuse me,

I have to get back.

- Already?
- Yes, if I don't want to sleep
outside.

Soft music

---

- Eric...
- Yes?

- I can talk to you,
there's a problem.

---

- A quick word
before you go out.

I regret to announce
the retirement of Diane Le Goff.

Rumor

- How disappointing,
Diane was valedictorian.

Few girls
choose this path,

it was his responsibility to
to stay.

Now it's your turn
to set an example,

to show that it's possible.

- Sophie? Did you know about this?

- Don't forget your goal.

The mock competition
is in five weeks' time.

---

Sophie whispers her lessons.

---

- Hi there!

- I'm sorry,
my parents can sometimes
be...

- Cons?

- It was nice the other night.

Well, except for my parents.

- It was a mistake.

- No!

- I don't have the time.

Neither are you,
this is your last chance.

- I want to see you again.
After this tunnel.

- I don't.

- Projecting on "e" gamma ,

Upbeat music

you get...

- A+Y belongs to R plus,

equals G, X, Y...

- ... according to the ER vector.

In addition, the vectors ER, E and B

form
a direct orthogonal trihedron.

---

April's rankings.

Ring

---

She whispers her lessons.

---

---

- Sophie, Sophie, Sophie!

The calculation
of the Fourier transform,

your method takes too long,
here!

It's a bit pushy.

Sigh

You want to finish

in a small engineering school
on the outskirts of town?

Oh, are you listening?

Sophie,
you can make a difference,

with speed and rigor.

I ask you
to do so elegantly.

- Grace, yes,
I understand, thank you.

- Stop being so insolent.
What do you think you're doing?

Even with your star rating,
it's never easy.

Why are you looking at Jules?

He's not the danger.

You've seen the
integration
of Henri IV students?

Until you receive
of the admission e-mail,

say you're worthless
nothing, Sophie. You're nothing. Nada.

Next exercise!

Imagine a pearl
on a rotating hoop.

Determine
the equilibrium point of this
pearl.

---

Come on, it's not
this review by itself.

No, no, Sophie,
that's not possible!

- What do you do?

- I know.

You want me to project
all forces,

but there is another, faster
quicker way.

- Well all right, show me
!

- We derive :

téta point point...

plus omega square sinus...

... teta , equals zero.

- All right.

Well done.

To us, Jules.

Lively discussions

- You know Fresnel will be there
?
- Do you?

- Yes, I don't remember who said it
who said it.

- Holy shit!
Laughter

- Come on, clear it away.
- Clear what up?

Brouhaha
Rhythmic music

---
---

- I'd just like to say
that...

you can't imagine how far
you've come this
year.

You're not the same.

And I'm proud of you
sup'!

Very proud!

Ovation, whistle

---

- OH!

- THANK YOU!

- Thank you!

- Bottoms up?

- I lost my touch a little,
but I was at Descartes too!

- Ooh!

- In the mock competition!
Don't give up!

Happy shouts

- So you blew her nose in
kohl?

You really nailed it.

- With Maxence and Aude,
we set up a band.

- To work this summer,
between "stars"...

- You can't refuse, can you?

- Wouldn't that be clever?

- To the royal road, then!

- To the royal road!

---
---

- Good afternoon,
fish please.

- Yes, and with?
- Rice.

Vibrator

- Hello?

Are you in Lyon?

Where are you?

Intriguing music

---

- Good evening.
- Good evening Madame.

- I've come for Laurent Vasseur.

- You are?
- Sa sour.

- Wait here!

- Is he all right?

- Now he's auditioning.

---

- So!

- Take it easy. Take it easy.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

He sighs.

- Thank you.

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

Detonation

- What happened?

He sighs.

- We occupied the town center
with tractors...

It was already tense,
and the CRS charged us.

It got out of hand,
I got into a fight with a cop.

This asshole bludgeoned me,
so I punched him.

And they put 4 on me.

He sighs.

- And... now?

---

- I've been summoned
with the OPJ in 2 weeks.

They won't miss me.

- But the unions
can't do anything?

- The lawyer knows
but...

I know, not we'll see.

Sirens

Do you have twenty bucks
to take the bus?

- Of course you can.

- They really are fuckers,
fuck...

Sobs

---

- Well, were you out?

It's a mock exam tomorrow
and you're out!

- Good night!

- Good night.

Ring

- Great!

- Hello everyone.

Here we go
for your final
white.

The time is 9:05,

you can return the
subjects,
you have 6 hours.

Scary music

---

The first hour is up.

- Fucking...

---

- I can't...

---

She screams.

- Fuck!

---

Sobs

---

Knock knock

Knock, knock, knock

- Sophie,
please open the door.

- Sophie, open the door.

Sophie.

- Sophie, look at me.

It's almost the end,
don't flinch.

Take a deep breath and
get back to it.
We'll see what happens...

- I can't do it.

- You're stronger than that,
Sophie.

Sophie.

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

She sniffs.

- I won't last another year.

Grunts

---

Metallic click

Grunts

- It takes courage to
to stop.

They think you failed?

I know: you've got guts.

- Cut the crap!

Not on the stairs

- Sophie, you have to get up,
it's no longer possible.

There's work to be done.
Come and help me.

Sophie, get up!

Get a move on
or I'll destroy your place.

Get up! Get up!

- Move it!
- Stop it! Get lost, I said!

- Poor girl, you're pitiful.

- What are you doing here?

- I came to see your place,
Vasseur.

Aren't you happy to see me?

- It depends.

- I'm glad to see you.

- What are you drinking?

- A beer!

- Marie, two pints please.
please.

Congratulations...
- On what?

- I saw it on Insta.
- Oh stop it.

- Yes, you did. You earned it.
You did the right thing.

Les Mines.
And well ranked too!

- Thank you...

Thank you very much.

So how are you?

- Are you seriously interested?

- Well, yes, I was worried.

- Nonsense,
you didn't worry.

You had your contest,
that's more important than anything.

We don't owe each other anything.

I'll tell you what,
it's okay.

And I'm fine.

- I spoke with Fresnel,
you're good enough for the star.

- You didn't come here to tell me that
?

- Come back,
after a good summer's rest!

You work out
in killeuse mode, you know
how.

- I'm not going back there.

- Forget prep school,
it wasn't for me.

- I'm not going back, I
you.

- You know when it was
built,
this bridge?

- No idea.
- 1985.

- How do you know that?

- I worked on it.

- Are you joking?
- No, I'm serious.

After the brevet,
I wanted to be a bricklayer.

I was hired
as a laborer on this site.

We were so proud
to see the structure go up.

It was beautiful work.

- Why didn't you go on
then?

- My father needed me
on the farm.

I didn't dare let go.

I went on to agricultural college.

I've always regretted
giving up.

These great works
fascinated me.

- Did you want to be a bricklayer?

- Did I ever tell you?

- Never.

Upbeat music

---

Hadrian!

---

- What's up?
Your phone call surprised me!

What's the matter with you?

- I decided to try X.

- Do you want to go back?

- Yeah, well... not like that.
that way.

- I don't get it.

- Not Descartes.

- In another prep school?
- In college.

- You want to take
solo competitions?

- Last year, there were 32
places
for college students.

You have to pass the 2nd year,
it can be done remotely.

Then you're on your own
to prepare for the orals.

- You're heading straight for the wall.

- I know how to work and I have the
level!

- Too hard if you stay in your
hole.

Why are you telling me all this?

- I need some help.

- Me as a coach? Of course not!

As if it were that simple.

You don't doubt anything...

- Tell me yes or no,
but no comments.

Barking

---

- I've got something for you.

And there you have it.

- What's a cow?

- The book on Lagrange and
Euler.

It dates back to the 60s,
but it's top-notch.

Throw away your "Tout En Un de Maths"!
!

- I'm touched.

- My father got it
the X.

- I'll take care of it then.

It's Hadrian.

He's going to come and help me
a few weekends.

Hadrien, my brother Laurent.

- Hi, Hadrien.

What's up?

- Never mind!

- OK. Shall we get started?

- Here we go.
Dynamic music

- Exercise 27, how's that?

- We can decompose a torsor
T

into a sum
of two particular torsors.

---

- Does that make sense?

- Yes, it should decrease with B,
so that's good.

OK, great.

- Note that both
apply to the same point!

- ... that easily, by
recurrence.

It is assumed to be true for n
and then check for n+1.

Is that okay?

---

- 370 kilometers above sea level...

- Take into account
atmospheric friction.

---

- So the man who walks
is the least wet.

- Exactly,

it's better to walk
than to run in the rain!

It's counterintuitive
but it happens in science.

- Sophie?

- Are you taking the competition?

- Yeah, like you.

- No, are you bluffing?
- No, you're not!

How are your orals going?

- Yes, nickel.
- What's up?

- You're not cracking
like last time, are you?

Hi there!

Rhythmic music

---

- Miss Vasseur!

---

- Hello and welcome!
- Hello, everyone!

- Do you have anything
against open problems?

- No.

- So...

- We consider

one of the gas bubbles

already formed at the bottom of this glass.

Do you agree?

You will study its
movement.

- First, we'll
model the problem.

Let's have a drink,
of height "l",

and model the bubble

by a sphere of perfect gas,
of radius "r".

We take stock of the forces
applied to it:

weight "p",

buoyancy pi ,

and a fluid friction force
force "f".

We need the density
rhô of the water.

And finally we give ourselves
a vertical Z.

We apply the
fundamental
fundamental principle of dynamics :

"my" equals...

sum of forces.

We project according to "z"...

And in the long term, we obtain :

"t" is approximately equal
to alpha "l" over beta .

- OK,
but you forgot some
parameters.

Think about the morphology of the
bubble.

- Ah yes, the size of the bubble
changes as it rises,

It needs to be quantified.
- And that's it!

- With a digital
application,

the time taken for the bubble
of the bubble is...

four hundredths of a second.

- OK, thanks, I've seen enough.

Is this your last oral?

- Yes.

- And why would you want to enter
Polytechnique?

Mademoiselle,

it's not a trick question.

- There's this sentence I've
saw
in the lobby when I arrived:

"You have the gift
to change the world".

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

And seeing the names
of former students...

like Patrick Drahi,
or Bernard Arnault,

I told myself
they weren't my models.

What have they changed?

They understood finance,
but they contributed to what?

Apart from shaping a world that
runs
to profit and dying,

I don't get it. Why are you
smiling?

- For nothing. Carry on!

- I want to be here
because we don't have the same
same dreams.

This world,
it's going to have to change.

And I want to be part of it...

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

from the inside.

- Very good.

Good luck then.

- Thank you.

- Goodbye.
- Goodbye, dear.

Not on the stairs

She strikes.

- The results will be
the same,
here or out there. Come on, get up.

- It will fall at noon.

- Get up and help your father.

Annoyed sigh

- Come on, damn it...

- No... No, no, no.

- What's up?

- No! No!

- What, what, what?

They laugh and shout.

- Dad, I've got it!
- Amazing.

Laughter

- Well done, darling.
- Daddy...

I'm so happy.

Strange music

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- Hi there!
- Hi there!

- Charlène de Malesherbes, and
and you?

- Sophie Vasseur.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- So, what did you
are you doing here?

For power
or for money?

- There are other things, aren't there?
- I don't know.

- Did you hear the speech
from the students?

- Hmm...

- I want it to move
to move.

I felt less alone.
- I understand that,

but don't dream too much!

- You're the one who thinks that!

- Good morning to you.
- Good morning to you.

- Sophie Vasseur.

Rhythmic cyclical music

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Soft music

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