He may never have enjoyed the fame of a Jean-Luc Godard or François Truffaut, but many regarded Jacques Rozier as their equal. In his second short film, Rentrée des classes, a little boy throws his school bag into the river on the first day of school, which leads to a thrilling adventure.

Rozier interweaves reality with dreamlike elaborations, demonstrating a fondness for storytelling as if between brackets. Rentrée des classes is a mischievous and carefree stroll, a childlike fantasy.