THE CLASS (FRENCH) (2008)

LAURENT CANTET

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Cast

FRANCOIS BEGAUDEAU NASSIM AMRABT LAURA BAGUELA CHERIF BOUNAIDJA RACHEDI JULIETTE DEMAILLE DALLA DOUCOURE ARTHUR FOGEL DAMIEN GOMES

Plot

A fly-on-the-wall type drama, based around the real life experiences of a teacher observing incidents in a multi-ethnic Parisian class full of teenagers. We watch the pupils, the other teachers' summations of them, their projects and their learning (or lack thereof, as the case may be), meet their parents, and we are, as any teacher might be, continually wrong-footed by them. 'The Class' is an intelligent, polemic film that will undoubtedly provoke you into a re-assessment of your opinions on the dialectics of power and free will in a school setting. An eye-opener.