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  • The Class
  • Opened December 24, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 39 min.
  • PG
    language may offend
  • THE CLASS follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher (François Begaudeau) working at a high school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom. As amusing and inspiring as the teenage students can Read More
  • Cast: François Bégaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim Amrabt, Esmerelda Ouertani, Laura Baquela, Cherif Bounaidja Rachedi, Wei Huang, Juliette Demaille, Rachel Regulier
  • Director: Laurent Cantet
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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    Simple and effective

    by preago24

    Good picture about living people. One year passes. Some of the pupils have a future and some haven't. There are different destinies ahead. But the teacher will remain there. François Bégaudeau is astounding.

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    The Class is intense

    by Turk_182

    It's a very French film - no Hollywood beginnings or endings, the plot doesn't turn as you expect - and it feels very real, you get into the characters and feel their struggles. It's not an easy film but it's quite good and touches on the issues of culture that Europe is struggling with.

  • Must Go!

    A great movie.

    by armanmg

    Type of movie hollywood is incapable of making. Subtitles does not distract you from sinking in this so real and poignant movie.

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    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The Class is clearly a microcosm of contemporary France, beset by social and...

  • 100
    Washington Post |

    The Class is not just the best film released thus far this year. It may be the...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    In a class by itself.

  • 100
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Talky in the best sense, the film exhilarates with its lively, authentic...

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