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The Class, 2008

Starring: François Bégaudeau, Esmeralda Ouertani

Directed by: Laurent Cantet

Written by: François Bégaudeau

Language: French

Country: France

Runtime: 128 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:7.6

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The mood of The Class is contemplative, sincere, and thought provoking. The plot centers around hardcase students, a dedicated educator, and teachers and students. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, The Class features realism and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a high school. The Class is set in Paris. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being a Cannes festival winner and critically acclaimed. Note that The Class includes profanity.

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Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, master French director Laurent Cantet's THE CLASS is an absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. François Begaudeau--an actual teacher and the author upon whose work the film was based--is utterly convincing as François, an openminded teacher in charge of a classroom of youngsters from a wide variety of backgrounds. Of course, the mere fact that he's older and in a position of authority causes his students to challenge him on many occasions. François is stuck in the middle. In the teacher conferences, he butts heads with the harsher adults who don't appear to have any sympathy for their students. In class, his attempts to be lenient and understanding are somehow misinterpreted and he finds himself arguing with the kids that he so clearly wants to help. As the school year progresses, tensions rise, until François finds himself in a position he never imagined he'd be in.

Unlike his more formally written early films like HUMAN RESOURCES and TIME OUT, Cantet proves that he has an ability to work in a more improvisational manner. Shooting on HD and working with a cast of young non-actors, he allows THE CLASS to breathe, resulting in a fictional drama that has the spirit and energy of a documentary. His startlingly assured ensemble brings the new, culturally diverse France of the early 21st century to striking life.

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Language:	French
Country:	France
Release date:	26 September 2008
Runtime:	128 min

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François Bégaudeau

as François Marin

Esmeralda Ouertani

as Esmeralda

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The line between documentaries and dramas is getting harder to draw all the time, and "THE CLASS" straddles that line. In my view, it incorporates the best of both genres. The film takes place in a high school in a tough, immigrant French... Read and rate it

21.August.2009
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by: Vic
Vic rated this movie0/10

Felt like I was part of the class

Having lived and been immersed in an all french school (not knowing the language at the time), I can relate to this film from both a students and a teacher's point. The Class portrays the attitudes of the students perfectly. The first part of the... Read and rate it

04.May.2009
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by: Phil
Phil rated this movie8/10Great

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