Synopsis
The dynamics of a multicultural class and its teacher will enlighten.
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.
The Class
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François Bégaudeau Arthur Fogel Damien Gomes Esmeralda Ouertani Rachel Regulier Louise Grinberg Rabah Nait Oufella Franck Keïta Agame Malembo-Emene Angélica Sancio Boubacar Toure Burak Özyilmaz Carl Nanor Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi Dalla Doucoure Eva Paradiso Henriette Kasaruhanda Juliette Demaille Justine Wu Laura Baquela Lucie Landrevie Nassim Amrabt Qifei Huang Samantha Soupirot 黄薇 Cécile Lagarde Anne Langlois Jean-Michel Simonet Olivier Pasquier Show All…
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Alternative Titles
La classe, Entre os Muros da Escola, La clase, Klassen, Клас, Sinif, Класс, A Turma, Seinte vahel, Die Klasse, Mezi zdmi, В класната стая, Entre los muros, Luokka, Anamesa stous toihous, Razred, Az osztály, Beyn ha'kirot, Klasa, In clasa, Između zidova, Mellan väggarna, Ανάμεσα στους τοίχους, 课室风云, Klase, 클래스, La Classe - Entre Les Murs, Sınıf, בין הקירות, 我和我的小鬼們, パリ20区、僕たちのクラス
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28 Sep 2008
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20 Nov 2008
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14 Jun 2009
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Argentina
12 Mar 2009
- Premiere Pantalla Pinamar Festival
16 Apr 2009
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Australia
22 Jan 2009
- Theatrical
Austria
17 Oct 2008
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Belgium
01 Oct 2008
- Theatrical
Brazil
13 Mar 2009
- Theatrical
Canada
14 Nov 2008
- Premiere European Union Film Festival, Ottawa
29 Nov 2008
- Theatrical
Croatia
07 Jan 2009
- Theatrical
Czechia
20 Nov 2008
- Premiere French Film Festival
27 Nov 2008
- Theatrical
Denmark
23 Jan 2009
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Estonia
20 Feb 2009
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Finland
28 Sep 2008
- Premiere Helsinki International Film Festival
23 Jan 2009
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France
24 May 2008
- PremiereTP Cannes Film Festival
24 Sep 2008
- TheatricalTP Visa CNC 116612
24 Mar 2009
- PhysicalTP DVD premiere
Germany
14 Nov 2008
- Premiere Französische Filmtage Tübingen
15 Jan 2009
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Greece
17 Sep 2008
- Premiere Athens Film Festival
23 Oct 2008
- Theatrical
10 Nov 2009
- Physical DVD
Hong Kong
19 Feb 2009
- Theatrical
Hungary
23 Apr 2009
- Theatrical
Iceland
16 Jan 2009
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Ireland
27 Feb 2009
- Theatrical
Israel
16 Oct 2008
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Italy
10 Oct 2008
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24 Mar 2009
- Theatrical
Japan
12 Jun 2010
- Theatrical
Latvia
13 Dec 2008
- Theatrical
Lithuania
17 Apr 2009
- Theatrical
Mexico
14 Jun 2009
- Premiere Foro Internacional de la Cineteca
04 Sep 2009
- Theatrical
Netherlands
27 Nov 2008
- Theatrical
New Zealand
23 Apr 2009
- Theatrical
Norway
26 Dec 2008
- Theatrical
Poland
24 Oct 2008
- Theatrical
Portugal
30 Oct 2008
- TheatricalM/12
26 Mar 2009
- Physical DVD
Romania
12 Dec 2008
- Theatrical
Russian Federation
04 Dec 2008
- Theatrical
Serbia
28 Feb 2009
- Theatrical
South Korea
01 Apr 2010
- Theatrical12
Spain
25 Sep 2008
- Premiere Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
16 Jan 2009
- Theatrical
Sweden
19 Dec 2008
- Theatrical
Switzerland
24 Sep 2008
- Theatrical18
24 Oct 2008
- Theatrical
29 Jan 2009
- Theatrical
Turkey
28 Nov 2008
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UK
18 Feb 2009
- Premiere15 Glasgow Film Festival
27 Feb 2009
- Theatrical15
08 Jun 2009
- Physical15 DVD
USA
26 Sep 2008
- Premiere New York Film Festival
24 Dec 2008
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United Arab Emirates
13 Dec 2008
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United States Minor Outlying Islands
31 Jul 2009
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18 Apr 2009
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The Class is an excellent film that explores the difficulties of being a teacher. The whole film takes the point of view from the side of the teacher, and I found this to be interesting as most films would take on the student's point of view in order for the audience to easily relate. The Class successfully made me sympathise and empathise for the struggles that teachers have to go through. The film also accurately depicts students quite accurately and not be boxed in by the stereotypes that are commonly found in school student characters.
The film's cinematography takes a hand-held approach, giving the audience a more personal view of the…
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A thriller without actual thrills, The Class is a breathless, symbolic tale that views French society within the confines of a tension-filled public school classroom. It's admirable for asking the essential question: Can education bridge the economic and racial gaps?
Based on leading man François Bégaudeau's real-life experience as a public school teacher, The Class shines its spotlight onto a group of unruly teenagers caught up in a powder keg of an education system that's bound to explode sooner or later. Director Laurent Cantet's documentary-style filmmaking ensures the utmost realism out of this experience, and both the beauties and bloodsheds of such a tricky situation are captured with charm and faith. The moral ambiguity serves as the ultimate punchline of the story, where no one wins but a perpetual vicious circle. Highly recommended.
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This one really surprised me. It made me think of a lot of the teachers that made a huge impact on my life. The way these actors are able to bring the dialogue to life is especially impressive. The words overlap effortlessly, and while it sounds overwhelming at times, it never feels out of control. Feels super realistic and immersive.
At first, I was concerned about how most of the film takes place in a single classroom. Like, what kind of plot can you have if you're just filming some teacher teaching random students about grammar? But, the real meat of the story is the relationship between the teacher and his students. Each student feels unique and fleshed out, which is no small feat given the size of the classroom.
Overall, super fast-paced and engaging. Not the happiest ending, but it gave me a lot to think about it.
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The Class, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes film festival, is a film where I either missed or didn't get the point. I say either/or because I wanted to admit ahead of time that I could be wrong. Based on the description on the back of the DVD case I wrongly assumed this would be another teacher takes on a class of troubled inner-city youth and turns them around type films. I was right only in regards to the teacher taking on a class of troubled inner-city youth. That's where I didn't get the point. The teacher didn't seem to accomplish anything in my opinion. The situation portrayed in this film is typical in thousands of schools…
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One of the most valuable and relevant life lessons that my University has taught me is the purpose of education itself. Education is a dialogue between equals, in which the professor is obligated to lower himself to the intellectual level of his students, "lower" not in the sense of superiority, but of capacity and experience. This dialogue consists in sharing the pieces of truth that every single individual, students and teachers alike, have gathered in their lives. "You give me your truth. I give you my truth. Together, let's construct a more complete truth". I reiterate, such is the purpose of education.
Entre les Murs succeeds in every single aspect that The Freedom Writers (2007) sucked at: realism, seriousness, accuracy…
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I have a lot of respect for teachers, partially perhaps because my mum used to be one, but also because it's such a demanding job despite not being particularly valued. There are of course bad teachers and bad people who are teachers, but that's true in most walks of life. One thing I like about The Class is how it presents a very raw look at teaching, a profession so often reduced to stereotype and ridicule in cinema, and gives us a real sense of the decisions and frustrations that teachers face.
The Class is a realist work, mostly confined to one classroom and never leaving the school. The camerawork is done in such a way that there never seems…
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This is not your typical White Savior/Magical Teacher Movie because the teacher we follow, Professor Francois Marin, doesn't fundamentally change the class or a student's path, he's just trying to do his job. It's a bit more realistic, he sees potential in some of his students but this isn't the movie where the rascal who is close to getting expelled all of the sudden ends up graduating with honors thanks to the guidance of the teacher.
I went to school in Paris in a neighborhood similar to this one and found the interactions incredibly realistic, I could relate a lot of the students and their behavior to some of my actual classmates. There is a deliberate choice to keep all…
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un métier sérieux mais en mieux, j’étais absorbée par leur quotidien pendant deux heures et maintenant je suis nostalgique même des profs chiants
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If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought this film was a documentary. Really naturalist direction makes for a touching two hours. Brilliant blend of fiction and reality and fantastic child performances. (Are they even performing? Having to ask that question makes this all the more clever.)
I think, of all the wonderful subtle moments in this film, the one that stands out the most is a small exchange at the end. M. Marin is asking what his students learned during the year, and a shy girl quietly admits that she learned nothing. Cantet makes known that this is not a typical movie in which the teacher saves the lives of all his students and inspires them to be life long learners. Its an honest, true moment in the film that I really appreciated.
Great, deserved Palme D’Or winner that I will gladly revisit in the future.
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