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Plot. Set entirely in a secondary school in a working-class district of Paris, where most residents are first-generation immigrants to France born overseas, the film follows the year of a young teacher, François Marin, and the 25 pupils aged 14-15 years whom he takes for an hour each day for French lessons.
- $28.7 million
- Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta
- €2.5 million
- François Bégaudeau
Feb 4, 2009 · A French film based on a teacher's autobiographical novel, depicting the challenges and conflicts of a multicultural classroom in Paris. Roger Ebert praises the film's realism, fairness and humor, and compares it to Jack London's "The Call of the Wild".
Mar 13, 2009 · The Class: Directed by Laurent Cantet. With François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel. Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
- Laurent Cantet
- 99
- 2 min
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...
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- Laurent Cantet
- PG-13
- François Bégaudeau
The Class (2008 Academy Award® Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film) follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom.
A French teacher faces challenges and conflicts with his racially mixed students in a tough Parisian neighborhood. Based on the novel by François Bégaudeau, the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and features non-professional actors.
Dec 19, 2008 · A film based on the real-life experience of a teacher in a multicultural high school in Paris. It depicts the challenges and conflicts of educating and managing a diverse and often rebellious class of students.
