The school seen in the film is École Secondaire Jacques-Rousseau in Longueuil, QC
This movie was directed by Yan England, who was nominated in 2012 for an Academy Award for best fiction documentary short. Coincidence: the production company "Cinémaginaire", which co-produced this movie, did win (and were nominated as well for other movies directed by Denys Arcand) an Academy Award for "Les Invasions Barbares" (2003)