Plot.
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The Class

2008 · Film · 128 min

  • Drama

Plot

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.

About The Class

The Class (French: Entre les murs, lit. 'Between the walls') is a 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau. The novel is a semi-autobiographical account of Bégaudeau's experiences as a French language and literature teacher in a middle school in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, particularly illuminating his struggles with "problem children": Esmerelda (Esmeralda Ouertani), Khoumba (Rachel Regulier), and Souleymane (Franck Keïta). The film stars Bégaudeau himself in the role of the teacher. The film received a unanimous Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first French film to do so since 1987, when Maurice Pialat won the award for Under the Sun of Satan. The Class was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost to Departures.

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Cast

  • François BégaudeauFrançois Marin, head teacher
  • Arthur FogelArthur, student
  • Damien GomesDamien, student
  • Esmeralda OuertaniEsmeralda, student
  • Rachel RegulierKhoumba, student
  • Louise GrinbergLouise, student
  • Rabah Nait OufellaRabah, student
  • Franck KeïtaSouleyman, student
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