Michel Thomas claims he can teach a foreign language to a novice in five days. Former students and celebrities, including Woody Allen who is seen here in a rare interview, are among the many who endorse his claims. The teaching profession, however, remains on the whole sceptical.
Thomas has spent 40 years perfecting his methods and has agreed to reveal his revolutionary approach on camera for the first time. His class is a group of sixth-form language failures whom he claims will be speaking French within a week. Will he succeed?