Es beginnt heute

Daniel, Direktor einer Vorschule in einer Bergabeiterstadt im Norden Frankreichs, lehnt sich auf. Er will die zur Verantwortung zu zwingen, die die unmenschlichen Lebensverhältnisse mitverschuldet haben, in denen viele der Eltern seiner Schüler leben. Trotz vieler Niederlagen und Rückschläge gibt er nicht auf. Atemlose Schul-, Kommunal- und Sozialrallye über den Kampf eines Lehrers gegen die Verwahrlosung seiner Gemeinde.

Set in a forlorn mining town near Valencienne in the north of France, the story is about one man's struggle to bring life to his once prosperous village and its inhabitants. Philippe Torreton, who won a César for Best Actor with his title role in Capitaine Conan, plays Daniel, the head teacher of a nursery school in a town demoralized by unemployment. Daniel is determined against all odds to bring life to the community. When a parent who has come to pick up her children collapses at the school grounds due to alcohol abuse, and social services turns a deaf ear to all pleas for help, Daniel decides to take the law into his own hands. Despite resistance from the townspeople, in the long run his efforts are not fruitless.