Name: The Class
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-12-24
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7

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About

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.

Theatrical

Dec 24, 2008

Box Office

$28.8M

DVD / Blu-ray

Aug 11, 2009

Theaters

Director

Laurent Cantet

Writers

Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, François Bégaudeau

Producers

Barbara Letellier, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal

Studio

Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma

Original Title

Entre les murs

Original Language

French

Themes

paris, france socially deprived family literature illegal immigration immigrant education boredom class society multiculturalism violence in schools republicanism teacher school high school teacher school life speculative teachers and students french teacher teenager