THE CLASS
| 2008 – 129′ – Drama, Coming of Age.
Written by: François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet.
Based on a Novel by: François Bégaudeau.
Directed by: Laurent Cantet.
Starring: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angelica Sancio, Arthur Fogel, Nassim Amrabt.
Winner Palme d’Or, Cannes International Film Festival 2008. Official Selection New York Film Festival 2008. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 2009. 5 César Awards nominations 2009 (Winner Best Adapted Screenplay).
In French with English subtitles.
A Sony Pictures Classics release. |
Francois Marin (François Bégaudeau) is a French language and literature teacher at an inner-city Paris high school. As the new school year begins, he introduces himself to his new class and begins the arduous process of reaching out to each of them. Marin encounters his share of problem students, teen violence, ethnic tensions between classmates and education barriers within the group, all of which test his patience and — more importantly — his resolve as an educator.
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