| The Class | |
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| Directed by | Laurent Cantet |
| Screenplay by | Laurent Cantet François Bégaudeau Robin Campillo |
| Based on | Entre les murs by François Bégaudeau |
| Produced by | Simon Arnal Caroline Benjo Barbra Letellier Carole Scotta |
| Starring | François Bégaudeau |
| Cinematography | Pierre Milon Catherine Pujol |
| Edited by | Robin Campillo Stephanie Leger |
| Distributed by | Haut et Court |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €2.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $29.3 million[2] |
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.[3]
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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- ^ "The Class (2008)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Manohla Dargis (26 September 2008). "Laurent Cantet's 'The Class': Learning to be the future of France". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2017.